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authorTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2022-09-14 18:40:58 -0400
committerTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2022-09-14 18:40:58 -0400
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Use the terminology "WAL file" not "log file" more consistently.
Referring to the WAL as just "log" invites confusion with the postmaster log, so avoid doing that in docs and error messages. Also shorten "WAL segment file" to just "WAL file" in various places. Bharath Rupireddy, reviewed by Nathan Bossart and Kyotaro Horiguchi Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CALj2ACUeXa8tDPaiTLexBDMZ7hgvaN+RTb957-cn5qwv9zf-MQ@mail.gmail.com
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diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index 90bec0502c4..2ae76e5cfb7 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -251,21 +251,21 @@
#archive_mode = off # enables archiving; off, on, or always
# (change requires restart)
-#archive_library = '' # library to use to archive a logfile segment
+#archive_library = '' # library to use to archive a WAL file
# (empty string indicates archive_command should
# be used)
-#archive_command = '' # command to use to archive a logfile segment
+#archive_command = '' # command to use to archive a WAL file
# placeholders: %p = path of file to archive
# %f = file name only
# e.g. 'test ! -f /mnt/server/archivedir/%f && cp %p /mnt/server/archivedir/%f'
-#archive_timeout = 0 # force a logfile segment switch after this
+#archive_timeout = 0 # force a WAL file switch after this
# number of seconds; 0 disables
# - Archive Recovery -
# These are only used in recovery mode.
-#restore_command = '' # command to use to restore an archived logfile segment
+#restore_command = '' # command to use to restore an archived WAL file
# placeholders: %p = path of file to restore
# %f = file name only
# e.g. 'cp /mnt/server/archivedir/%f %p'