Re: Command to prune archive at restartpoints

On Wed, 2010-03-17 at 11:37 +0200, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:

> One awkward omission in the new built-in standby mode, mainly used for
> streaming replication, is that there is no easy way to delete old
> archived files like you do with the %r parameter to restore_command.
> This was discussed at
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2010-02/msg01003.php, among
> other things.

...

> Barring objections, I will commit this later today.

Would it be better to call this "archive_cleanup_command"? That might
help people understand the need for and the use of this parameter.

-- Simon Riggs           www.2ndQuadrant.com