Commit 797b0fc0 authored by Michael Paquier's avatar Michael Paquier

doc: Move remove_temp_files_after_crash to section for developer options

The main goal of this option is to allow inspecting temporary files for
debugging purposes, so moving the parameter there is natural.

Oversight in cd91de0d.

Reported-by: Justin Pryzby
Author: Euler Taveira
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20210612004347.GP16435@telsasoft.com
parent 9b4e4cfe
......@@ -9863,28 +9863,6 @@ dynamic_library_path = 'C:\tools\postgresql;H:\my_project\lib;$libdir'
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="guc-remove-temp-files-after-crash" xreflabel="remove_temp_files_after_crash">
<term><varname>remove_temp_files_after_crash</varname> (<type>boolean</type>)
<indexterm>
<primary><varname>remove_temp_files_after_crash</varname> configuration parameter</primary>
</indexterm>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
When set to <literal>on</literal>, which is the default,
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> will automatically remove
temporary files after a backend crash. If disabled, the files will be
retained and may be used for debugging, for example. Repeated crashes
may however result in accumulation of useless files.
</para>
<para>
This parameter can only be set in the <filename>postgresql.conf</filename>
file or on the server command line.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="guc-data-sync-retry" xreflabel="data_sync_retry">
<term><varname>data_sync_retry</varname> (<type>boolean</type>)
<indexterm>
......@@ -10912,6 +10890,25 @@ LOG: CleanUpLock: deleting: lock(0xb7acd844) id(24688,24696,0,0,0,1)
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="guc-remove-temp-files-after-crash" xreflabel="remove_temp_files_after_crash">
<term><varname>remove_temp_files_after_crash</varname> (<type>boolean</type>)
<indexterm>
<primary><varname>remove_temp_files_after_crash</varname> configuration parameter</primary>
</indexterm>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
When set to <literal>on</literal>, which is the default,
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> will automatically remove
temporary files after a backend crash. If disabled, the files will be
retained and may be used for debugging, for example. Repeated crashes
may however result in accumulation of useless files. This parameter
can only be set in the <filename>postgresql.conf</filename> file or on
the server command line.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="runtime-config-short">
......
......@@ -1404,9 +1404,10 @@ static struct config_bool ConfigureNamesBool[] =
NULL, NULL, NULL
},
{
{"remove_temp_files_after_crash", PGC_SIGHUP, ERROR_HANDLING_OPTIONS,
{"remove_temp_files_after_crash", PGC_SIGHUP, DEVELOPER_OPTIONS,
gettext_noop("Remove temporary files after backend crash."),
NULL
NULL,
GUC_NOT_IN_SAMPLE
},
&remove_temp_files_after_crash,
true,
......
......@@ -768,8 +768,6 @@
#exit_on_error = off # terminate session on any error?
#restart_after_crash = on # reinitialize after backend crash?
#remove_temp_files_after_crash = on # remove temporary files after
# backend crash?
#data_sync_retry = off # retry or panic on failure to fsync
# data?
# (change requires restart)
......
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