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Improve wording about WAL files in tar mode of pg_basebackup
Author: Alex Kliukin Reviewed-By: Michael Paquier, Magnus Hagander
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doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml

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backup will fail and be unusable.
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</para>
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The write-ahead log files will be written to
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the <filename>base.tar</filename> file.
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When tar format mode is used, the write-ahead log files will be
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written to the <filename>base.tar</filename> file.
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requires no extra write-ahead logs to be saved on the master.
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The write-ahead log files are written to a separate file
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named <filename>pg_wal.tar</filename> (if the server is a version
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earlier than 10, the file will be named <filename>pg_xlog.tar</filename>).
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When tar format mode is used, the write-ahead log files will be
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written to a separate file named <filename>pg_wal.tar</filename>
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(if the server is a version earlier than 10, the file will be named
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<filename>pg_xlog.tar</filename>).
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</para>
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<para>
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This value is the default.

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