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   3   <span class="application">pg_archivecleanup</span> is designed to be used as an
   4   <code class="literal">archive_cleanup_command</code> to clean up WAL file archives when
   5   running as a standby server (see <a class="xref" href="warm-standby.html" title="26.2. Log-Shipping Standby Servers">Section 26.2</a>).
   6   <span class="application">pg_archivecleanup</span> can also be used as a standalone program to
   7   clean WAL file archives.
   8  </p><p>
   9    To configure a standby
  10    server to use <span class="application">pg_archivecleanup</span>, put this into its
  11    <code class="filename">postgresql.conf</code> configuration file:
  12 </p><pre class="programlisting">
  13 archive_cleanup_command = 'pg_archivecleanup <em class="replaceable"><code>archivelocation</code></em> %r'
  14 </pre><p>
  15    where <em class="replaceable"><code>archivelocation</code></em> is the directory from which WAL segment
  16    files should be removed.
  17   </p><p>
  18    When used within <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-wal.html#GUC-ARCHIVE-CLEANUP-COMMAND">archive_cleanup_command</a>, all WAL files
  19    logically preceding the value of the <code class="literal">%r</code> argument will be removed
  20    from <em class="replaceable"><code>archivelocation</code></em>. This minimizes the number of files
  21    that need to be retained, while preserving crash-restart capability.  Use of
  22    this parameter is appropriate if the <em class="replaceable"><code>archivelocation</code></em> is a
  23    transient staging area for this particular standby server, but
  24    <span class="emphasis"><em>not</em></span> when the <em class="replaceable"><code>archivelocation</code></em> is intended as a
  25    long-term WAL archive area, or when multiple standby servers are recovering
  26    from the same archive location.
  27   </p><p>
  28    When used as a standalone program all WAL files logically preceding the
  29    <em class="replaceable"><code>oldestkeptwalfile</code></em> will be removed from <em class="replaceable"><code>archivelocation</code></em>.
  30    In this mode, if you specify a <code class="filename">.partial</code> or <code class="filename">.backup</code>
  31    file name, then only the file prefix will be used as the
  32    <em class="replaceable"><code>oldestkeptwalfile</code></em>. This treatment of <code class="filename">.backup</code>
  33    file name allows you to remove
  34    all WAL files archived prior to a specific base backup without error.
  35    For example, the following example will remove all files older than
  36    WAL file name <code class="filename">000000010000003700000010</code>:
  37 </p><pre class="programlisting">
  38 pg_archivecleanup -d archive 000000010000003700000010.00000020.backup
  39
  40 pg_archivecleanup:  keep WAL file "archive/000000010000003700000010" and later
  41 pg_archivecleanup:  removing file "archive/00000001000000370000000F"
  42 pg_archivecleanup:  removing file "archive/00000001000000370000000E"
  43 </pre><p>
  44   </p><p>
  45    <span class="application">pg_archivecleanup</span> assumes that
  46    <em class="replaceable"><code>archivelocation</code></em> is a directory readable and writable by the
  47    server-owning user.
  48   </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.5.4.6"><h2>Options</h2><p>
  49     <span class="application">pg_archivecleanup</span> accepts the following command-line arguments:
  50
  51     </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-b</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--clean-backup-history</code></span></dt><dd><p>
  52          Remove backup history files as well.
  53          See <a class="xref" href="continuous-archiving.html#BACKUP-BASE-BACKUP" title="25.3.2. Making a Base Backup">Section 25.3.2</a> for details about backup
  54          history files.
  55        </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-d</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--debug</code></span></dt><dd><p>
  56         Print lots of debug logging output on <code class="filename">stderr</code>.
  57        </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-n</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--dry-run</code></span></dt><dd><p>
  58         Print the names of the files that would have been removed on <code class="filename">stdout</code> (performs a dry run).
  59        </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-V</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--version</code></span></dt><dd><p>
  60         Print the <span class="application">pg_archivecleanup</span> version and exit.
  61        </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-x <em class="replaceable"><code>extension</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--strip-extension=<em class="replaceable"><code>extension</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
  62         Provide an extension
  63         that will be stripped from all file names before deciding if they
  64         should be deleted.  This is typically useful for cleaning up archives
  65         that have been compressed during storage, and therefore have had an
  66         extension added by the compression program.  For example: <code class="literal">-x
  67         .gz</code>.
  68        </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-?</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--help</code></span></dt><dd><p>
  69         Show help about <span class="application">pg_archivecleanup</span> command line
  70         arguments, and exit.
  71        </p></dd></dl></div><p>
  72    </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.5.4.7"><h2>Environment</h2><p>
  73    The environment variable <code class="envar">PG_COLOR</code> specifies whether to use
  74    color in diagnostic messages. Possible values are
  75    <code class="literal">always</code>, <code class="literal">auto</code> and
  76    <code class="literal">never</code>.
  77   </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.5.4.8"><h2>Notes</h2><p>
  78    <span class="application">pg_archivecleanup</span> is designed to work with
  79    <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> 8.0 and later when used as a standalone utility,
  80    or with <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> 9.0 and later when used as an
  81    archive cleanup command.
  82   </p><p>
  83    <span class="application">pg_archivecleanup</span> is written in C and has an
  84    easy-to-modify source code, with specifically designated sections to modify
  85    for your own needs
  86   </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.5.4.9"><h2>Examples</h2><p>On Linux or Unix systems, you might use:
  87 </p><pre class="programlisting">
  88 archive_cleanup_command = 'pg_archivecleanup -d /mnt/standby/archive %r 2&gt;&gt;cleanup.log'
  89 </pre><p>
  90    where the archive directory is physically located on the standby server,
  91    so that the <code class="varname">archive_command</code> is accessing it across NFS,
  92    but the files are local to the standby.
  93    This will:
  94   </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p>
  95      produce debugging output in <code class="filename">cleanup.log</code>
  96     </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
  97      remove no-longer-needed files from the archive directory
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