> > Yes, we can hard-link, and let vacuum remove the old link.
>
> BTW, how does vacuum know which files are obsolete. Does it just delete
> files it doesn't know about?
>
> What a good application for time travel!
>
I assume it removes files with oid's that match pg_class but who's file
names do not match.
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