Andy Shellam wrote:

> Archive_command = "mv %p /your/backup/directory/%f"

Don't do this.  Postgres itself will remove the file after the
archive_command has copied it elsewhere.

> Tip: if you're absolutely sure you will never need these transaction logs,
> you can use the following command to delete them when they're finished with:
> 
> Archive_command = "rm -f %p"

Don't do this either.  If you're not using PITR, just set a blank
archive_command and Postgres will delete the file as soon as it's not
needed anymore.

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