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To: Subramanian,Ramachandran <ramachandran.subramanian@alte-leipziger.de>
Cc: pgsql-novice@lists.postgresql.org <pgsql-novice@lists.postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Very basic question about Archive logs
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 05:47:56 -0700
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On Thursday, March 26, 2026, Subramanian,Ramachandran <
ramachandran.subramanian@alte-leipziger.de> wrote:
>
> If I apply the base backup from Monday 0100 , how does Postgres know which
> Archive Logs need to be applied from its current state to get to the
> PIT. Obviously when the basebackup was taken, the now needed logs did not
> exist. So this information cannot have been recorded during the backup.
>
> We’ve documented how to actually use the software.
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/continuous-archiving.html#BACKUP-PITR-RECOVERY
David J.
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