| From: | M Rather <mrather(at)definedlogic(dot)com> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: pgsql.broken.csc |
| Date: | 2007-10-30 17:01:15 |
| Message-ID: | 4727635B.6010101@definedlogic.com |
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Tom Lane wrote:
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<pre wrap="">M Rather <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mrather(at)definedlogic(dot)com"><mrather(at)definedlogic(dot)com></a> writes:
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<pre wrap="">one of our clients is using pgsql 8.1, and recently the site crashed due
to lack of hard disk space. Upon inspection a file was found :
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<pre wrap="">pgsql.broken.csc (size: > 51 GB)
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<pre wrap="">I cannot find any reference to this file on pgsql site or on google.
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<pre wrap="">What is this file? Is it related to PGSQL? What caused it to grow to
this size?
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PG would never make a file named that.
Did you try looking into the file to see what it contains?
regards, tom lane
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I should have mentioned this in my original email.<br>
Unfortunately the file was deleted by the hosting service (our client
had OK'd it) to bring the site backup immediately.<br>
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I may have to see if some other process (valid or malicious) may have
created the file. <br>
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Thanks and Regards<br>
-MRather<br>
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