Type: | string |
Context: | sighup |
Restart: | false |
The local shell command to execute to archive a completed WAL file segment. Any %p
in the string is replaced by the path name of the file to archive, and any %f
is replaced by only the file name. (The path name is relative to the working directory of the server, i.e., the cluster's data directory.) Use %%
to embed an actual %
character in the command. It is important for the command to return a zero exit status only if it succeeds. For more information see backup-archiving-wal.
This parameter can only be set in the postgresql.conf file or on the server command line. It is ignored unless archive_mode was enabled at server start. If archive_command
is an empty string (the default) while archive_mode is enabled, WAL archiving is temporarily disabled, but the server continues to accumulate WAL segment files in the expectation that a command will soon be provided. Setting archive_command
to a command that does nothing but return true, e.g., /bin/true
(REM
on Windows), effectively disables archiving, but also breaks the chain of WAL files needed for archive recovery, so it should only be used in unusual circumstances.
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