Re: safelly erasing dirs/files

In response to Joao Ferreira gmail :
> Hello all,
>
> How can I safelly erase (with rm command in Linux) files or dirs
> concerning a specific database ?

Don't do that!

>
> assuming I whish to elimiante data belonging to database A but I do not
> whish to disturb or cause any injury to database B

Use regular sql-commands like DROP TABLE or DROP DATABASE.

>
> Is there documentation on how to do this or on what exactly am I erasing
> if I remove some specific file or dir.

Sure:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/sql-droptable.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/sql-dropdatabase.html

Andreas
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