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<title>Server Configuration</title>

disabled, but the server continues to accumulate WAL segment files in

the expectation that a command will soon be provided. Setting

<varname>archive_command</> to a command that does nothing but

return true, e.g. <literal>/bin/true</>, effectively disables

return true, e.g. <literal>/bin/true</> (<literal>REM</> on

Windows), effectively disables

archiving, but also breaks the chain of WAL files needed for

archive recovery, so it should only be used in unusual circumstances.

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