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3 Each unlogged table, and each index on an unlogged table, has an initialization
4 fork. The initialization fork is an empty table or index of the appropriate
5 type. When an unlogged table must be reset to empty due to a crash, the
6 initialization fork is copied over the main fork, and any other forks are
7 erased (they will be recreated automatically as needed).
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