Re: [GENERAL] Invalid magic number 0000 in log file

On 8/25/17 14:24, Moreno Andreo wrote:
> I know that's related to XLOG files, but do not have idea on how to deal
> with it. I had a quick googling but found nothing but "your files are
> corrupted. You'd better initdb."

That's pretty much it.

You might not have to initdb if you have an uncorrupted copy of the WAL
files somewhere (i.e., a backup).  But then I would have concerns about
what else might be corrupted.

> Then I bumped into this (old) post from Alvaro
>
> https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/20070515173401.GB12731@alvh.no-ip.org
>
> If it's  applicable, is it still valid or too many things have changed?

That doesn't seem related.

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