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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml index e5c41cc6c6d..481f93cea1b 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml @@ -4114,6 +4114,14 @@ restore_command = 'copy "C:\\server\\archivedir\\%f" "%p"' # Windows </para> <para> + To specify a timeline ID in hexadecimal (for example, if extracted + from a WAL file name or history file), prefix it with a + <literal>0x</literal>. For instance, if the WAL file name is + <filename>00000011000000A10000004F</filename>, then the timeline ID is + <literal>0x11</literal> (or 17 decimal). + </para> + + <para> You usually only need to set this parameter in complex re-recovery situations, where you need to return to a state that itself was reached after a point-in-time recovery. |