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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/pgarchivecleanup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/pgarchivecleanup.sgml index 7a839ba5f08..249921ca840 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/pgarchivecleanup.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/pgarchivecleanup.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/pgarchivecleanup.sgml,v 1.1 2010/06/14 17:25:24 sriggs Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/pgarchivecleanup.sgml,v 1.2 2010/07/29 19:34:40 petere Exp $ --> <sect1 id="pgarchivecleanup"> <title>pg_archivecleanup</title> @@ -38,11 +38,9 @@ To configure a standby server to use <application>pg_archivecleanup</>, put this into its <filename>recovery.conf</filename> configuration file: - </para> - <programlisting> +<programlisting> archive_cleanup_command = 'pg_archivecleanup <replaceable>archiveDir</> %r' - </programlisting> - <para> +</programlisting> where <replaceable>archiveDir</> is the directory from which WAL segment files should be restored. </para> @@ -58,11 +56,9 @@ archive_cleanup_command = 'pg_archivecleanup <replaceable>archiveDir</> %r' </para> <para> The full syntax of <application>pg_archivecleanup</>'s command line is - </para> - <synopsis> +<synopsis> pg_archivecleanup <optional> <replaceable>option</> ... </optional> <replaceable>archivelocation</> <replaceable>restartwalfile</> - </synopsis> - <para> +</synopsis> When used as a standalone program all WAL files logically preceding the <literal>restartwalfile</> will be removed <replaceable>archivelocation</>. In this mode, if you specify a .backup filename, then only the file prefix @@ -70,15 +66,13 @@ pg_archivecleanup <optional> <replaceable>option</> ... </optional> <replaceable all WAL files archived prior to a specific base backup without error. For example, the following example will remove all files older than WAL filename 000000010000003700000010: - </para> - <programlisting> +<programlisting> pg_archivecleanup -d archive 000000010000003700000010.00000020.backup pg_archivecleanup: keep WAL files 000000010000003700000010 and later pg_archivecleanup: removing "archive/00000001000000370000000F" pg_archivecleanup: removing "archive/00000001000000370000000E" - </programlisting> - <para> +</programlisting> <application>pg_archivecleanup</application> assumes that <replaceable>archivelocation</> is a directory readable and writable by the server-owning user. @@ -110,12 +104,10 @@ pg_archivecleanup: removing "archive/00000001000000370000000E" <sect2> <title>Examples</title> - <para>On Linux or Unix systems, you might use:</para> - - <programlisting> + <para>On Linux or Unix systems, you might use: +<programlisting> archive_cleanup_command = 'pg_archivecleanup -d .../archive %r 2>>cleanup.log' - </programlisting> - <para> +</programlisting> where the archive directory is physically located on the standby server, so that the <literal>archive_command</> is accessing it across NFS, but the files are local to the standby. |