Re: pgsql: Change extension of spilled ReorderBufferChange data to ".tmp".

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
Cc: pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org, Jeff Davis <jdavis(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pgsql: Change extension of spilled ReorderBufferChange data to ".tmp".
Date: 2018-08-25 17:09:46
Message-ID: 16723.1535216986@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> writes:
> On August 25, 2018 9:39:12 AM PDT, Jeff Davis <jdavis(at)postgresql(dot)org> wrote:
>> Change extension of spilled ReorderBufferChange data to ".tmp".
>> The previous extension, ".snap", was chosen for historical reasons and
>> became confusing.

> Not a fan of .tmp, that well just lead to people deleting them while the server is running etc. How about .spill or such?

Agreed, ".tmp" seems like a bad idea.

regards, tom lane

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