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authorRobert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>2012-04-05 14:18:42 -0400
committerRobert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>2012-04-05 14:18:42 -0400
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Allow pg_archivecleanup to strip optional file extensions.
Greg Smith and Jaime Casanova, reviewed by Alex Shulgin and myself. e
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@@ -107,6 +107,21 @@ pg_archivecleanup: removing file "archive/00000001000000370000000E"
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-x</option> <replaceable>extension</></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ When using the program as a standalone utility, provide an extension
+ that will be stripped from all file names before deciding if they
+ should be deleted. This is typically useful for cleaning up archives
+ that have been compressed during storage, and therefore have had an
+ extension added by the compression program. Note that the
+ <filename>.backup</> file name passed to the program should not
+ include the extension.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
</variablelist>
</para>