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get-wal
    [ { --bzip | -j } ]
    [ { --gzip | -z | -x } ]
    [ { -h | --help } ]
    [ --keep-compression ]
    [ { --output-directory | -o } OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ]
    [ { --peek | -p } VALUE ]
    [ { -P | --partial } ]
    [ { -t | --test } ]
    SERVER_NAME WAL_NAME

Retrieve a WAL file from the xlog archive of a specified server. By default, if the requested WAL file is found, it is returned as uncompressed content to STDOUT.

SERVER_NAME

Name of the server in barman node

WAL_NAME

Id of the backup in barman catalog.

--bzip2 / -j

Output will be compressed using bzip2.

--gzip / -z / -x

Output will be compressed using gzip.

-h / --help

Show a help message and exit. Provides information about command usage.

--keep-compression

Do not decompress the file content. The output will be the original compressed file.

--output-directory / -o

Destination directory where barman will store the WAL file.

--peek / -p

Specify an integer value greater than or equal to 1 to retrieve WAL files from the specified WAL file up to the value specified by this parameter. When using this option, get-wal returns a list of zero to the specified WAL segment names, with one name per row.

-P / --partial

Additionally, collect partial WAL files (.partial).

-t / --test

Test both the connection and configuration of the specified Postgres server in Barman for WAL retrieval. When this option is used, the required WAL_NAME argument is disregarded.

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