Hi Tom,

On Tue, 2006-03-07 at 10:07 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Joost Kraaijeveld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Can I safely delete all the WAL log files in PGDATA/pg_xlog directory if 
> > the database has been shut down correctly, because I lowered the number of 
> > logfiles in postgresql.conf?
> 
> All but the one holding the latest checkpoint record (pg_controldata
> will tell you which one that is).  I'm not sure why you'd bother though.
> The next checkpoint should remove any excess log files, there's no need
> to do it manually.
Ah, I did not know that. I will wait and do nothing. 

Thanks

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