Questions regarding generating the WAL File.

If I put a postgres 8.2 in an archive mode, it starts logging the WAL
files. The db starts the WAL File from 000010000001.gz and continually
increments the number.

Is there a control on 8.2 where I can indicate the number of the WAL
file to start from?

On the reverse, can I indicate to a db in recovery mode to start
consuming WAL Files from a particular number?

Regards
Dhaval Shah