archive_cleanup_command

A configuration parameter which specifies a shell command to clean up redundant archived WAL files

archive_cleanup_command is a configuration parameter which specifies a shell command to clean up redundant archived WAL files on a standby.

archive_cleanup_command was added in PostgreSQL 9.0.

Default value

The default value for archive_cleanup_command is: '' (empty string).

archive_cleanup_command is executed at every restartpoint.

PostgreSQL 12
- converted to a normal GUC parameter (commit 2dedf4d9)
- archive_cleanup_command can now be changed with a configuration reload (commit 13b89f96)
PostgreSQL 9.0
- added as a recovery.conf parameter (initial commit de66effe as restartpoint_command, renamed to archive_cleanup_command in commit 56834fc7)