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title: "`pg_receivexlog` renamed to `pg_receivewal`"
id: app-pgreceivexlog
pg_version: "20devel"
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## O.5. `pg_receivexlog` renamed to `pg_receivewal`

PostgreSQL 9.6 and below provided a command named `pg_receivexlog`  to fetch write-ahead-log (WAL) files. This command was renamed to `pg_receivewal`, see [pg_receivewal](app-pgreceivewal.md) for documentation of `pg_receivewal` and see [the release notes for PostgreSQL 10](release-prior.md) for details on this change.