PG_GETWAL(1)

✨ pg_getwal(1) — like, the WAL-fetching girlie ✨

okay bestie, so this is pg_getwal, and it lives in the Debian PostgreSQL infrastructure corner of the manual-verse. she's a tiny little program with one job and honestly? she ate. 💅

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🎀 NAME 🎀

pg_getwal — retrieve a WAL file from a pg_receivewal archive

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

pg_getwal /path/to/wal/%f %p

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea, bestie: pg_getwal retrieves and decompresses files from a WAL archive that's maintained by pg_receivewal and pg_backupcluster. two-step queen, no cap. 💖

and where does she live her best life? she gets put into PostgreSQL's restore_command by pg_restorecluster. so like, she's not out here doing solo main character energy — she's the plug that the restore machinery calls when it needs a WAL file, and she delivers. 🫶

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• pg_restorecluster(1)
• pg_backupcluster(1)

the whole friend group fr fr. go say hi. 💜

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org>

like, the actual legend who wrote this. respect. 🙇♀️

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! this one shipped out with the Debian pages, dated 2026-07-28 — so when you're out here restoring your cluster at 3am, just remember: pg_getwal was in the group chat the whole time. slay. 💖✨🎀