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The library to use for archiving completed WAL file segments. If set to an empty string (the default), archiving via shell is enabled, and archive_command is used. If both archive_command and archive_library are set, an error will be raised. Otherwise, the specified shared library is used for archiving. The WAL archiver process is restarted by the postmaster when this parameter changes. For more information, see Section 25.3.1 and Chapter 49. This parameter can only be set in the postgresql.conf file or on the server command line.

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boot val

Unknown

category

Write-Ahead Log / Archiving

context

sighup

documented

true

enumvals

Unknown

extra desc

An empty string means use "archive_command".

lang

en

max val

Unknown

metadata version

18

min val

Unknown

name

archive_library

short desc

Sets the library that will be called to archive a WAL file.

source

pg-settings-source-snapshot

unit

Unknown

vartype

string