Re: Remove sort files

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Remove sort files
Date: 2001-05-23 18:13:44
Message-ID: 16181.990641624@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Bruce Momjian writes:
>> New command is:
>>
>> snprintf(clear_pg_sorttemp, sizeof(clear_pg_sorttemp),
>> "rm -f \"%s\"/base/*/pg_sorttemp/*",
>> DataDir);

> Why not put all sort files into a common directory and then do a simple
> readdir() loop in C?

I was about to say that the potential portability headaches would be
more trouble than the "feature" is worth. OTOH, I see that xlog.c is
depending on readdir already, so maybe it's OK to use it.

regards, tom lane

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