backup will fail and be unusable.
</para>
<para>
- The write-ahead log files will be written to
- the <filename>base.tar</filename> file.
+ When tar format mode is used, the write-ahead log files will be
+ written to the <filename>base.tar</filename> file.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
requires no extra write-ahead logs to be saved on the master.
</para>
<para>
- The write-ahead log files are written to a separate file
- named <filename>pg_wal.tar</filename> (if the server is a version
- earlier than 10, the file will be named <filename>pg_xlog.tar</filename>).
+ When tar format mode is used, the write-ahead log files will be
+ written to a separate file named <filename>pg_wal.tar</filename>
+ (if the server is a version earlier than 10, the file will be named
+ <filename>pg_xlog.tar</filename>).
</para>
<para>
This value is the default.