Andrew Dunstan <and...@dunslane.net> writes: > I prefer archive_cleanup_command. We should name things after their > principal function, not an implementation detail, IMNSHO.
Weak preference for archive_cleanup_command here. > More importantly, we should include an example in the docs. I created > one the other day when this was actually bothering me a bit (see > <http://people.planetpostgresql.org/andrew/index.php?/archives/85-Keeping-a-hot-standby-log-archive-clean.html>). > > That seemed to work ok, but maybe it's too long, and maybe people would > prefer a shell script to perl. Short is good. Maybe you could remove the logging stuff from the example. As for the language choice, my first thought is +1 for perl over shell, mainly because it might be directly useful to people on Windows while shell never would be. On the other hand, if it's possible to do a useful one-liner in shell then let's do it that way. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
