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Improve pg_resetwal documentation
Clarify that the -l option takes a file name, not an "address", and that that might be different from the LSN if nondefault WAL segment sizes are used.
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@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
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values will be substituted for the missing data. Most of the fields can be
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expected to match, but manual assistance might be needed for the next OID,
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next transaction ID and epoch, next multitransaction ID and offset, and
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WAL starting address fields. These fields can be set using the options
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WAL starting location fields. These fields can be set using the options
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discussed below. If you are not able to determine correct values for all
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these fields, <option>-f</option> can still be used, but
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the recovered database must be treated with even more suspicion than
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@ -167,11 +167,12 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
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<term><option>-l</option> <replaceable class="parameter">walfile</replaceable></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Manually set the WAL starting address.
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Manually set the WAL starting location by specifying the name of the
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next WAL segment file.
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</para>
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<para>
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The WAL starting address should be
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The name of next WAL segment file should be
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larger than any WAL segment file name currently existing in
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the directory <filename>pg_wal</filename> under the data directory.
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These names are also in hexadecimal and have three parts. The first
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@ -180,6 +181,13 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
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largest entry in <filename>pg_wal</filename>, use <literal>-l 00000001000000320000004B</literal> or higher.
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</para>
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<para>
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Note that when using nondefault WAL segment sizes, the numbers in the WAL
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file names are different from the LSNs that are reported by system
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functions and system views. This option takes a WAL file name, not an
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LSN.
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</para>
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<note>
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<para>
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<command>pg_resetwal</command> itself looks at the files in
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