Re: wal_init_zero / wal_recycle - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Nicolas Seinlet
Subject Re: wal_init_zero / wal_recycle
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In response to Re: wal_init_zero / wal_recycle  (Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>)
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On Wednesday, April 24th, 2024 at 10:57, Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org> wrote:

> It currently says:
>

> wal_init_zero: "... causes new WAL files to be filled with zeroes ..."
>

> wal_recycle: "... avoiding the need to create new ones ..."
>

> I'm not sure where exactly to make that more clear.

You're completely right. It was not obvious to me that recycled files are not considered new, and consequently not
filledby zeroes.  


Nicolas.
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