pg_xlogdump

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pg_xlogdump -- display a human-readable rendering of the write-ahead log of a PostgreSQL database cluster

pg_xlogdump [option...] [startseg [endseg] ]

pg_xlogdump displays the write-ahead log (WAL) and is mainly useful for debugging or educational purposes.

This utility can only be run by the user who installed the server, because it requires read-only access to the data directory.

The following command-line options control the location and format of the output: