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<sect1 id="pgxlogdump" xreflabel="pg_xlogdump">
  <title><command>pg_xlogdump</command> renamed to <command>pg_waldump</command></title>

   <indexterm>
     <primary>pg_xlogdump</primary>
     <see>pg_waldump</see>
   </indexterm>

   <para>
    PostgreSQL 9.6 and below provided a command named
    <command>pg_xlogdump</command>
    <indexterm><primary>pg_xlogdump</primary></indexterm>
    to read write-ahead-log (WAL) files.  This command was renamed to <command>pg_waldump</command>, see
    <xref linkend="pgwaldump"/> for documentation of <command>pg_waldump</command> and see
    <link linkend="release-prior">the release notes for PostgreSQL 10</link> for details
    on this change.
   </para>

</sect1>
