Re: pg_sorttemp files

From: "brianb" <brianb-pgadmin(at)edsamail(dot)com>
To: Nicolas Huillard <nhuillard(at)ghs(dot)fr>
Cc: "pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_sorttemp files
Date: 2000-05-03 09:56:16
Message-ID: 20000503095616.10577.qmail@mail01.edsamail.com.ph
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Ok, thanks. But why are they there in the first place, then?

Nicolas Huillard writes:

> As soon as every postgres back-end server if closed, it is safe to delete these files.
> I do a...
> ps axf | grep -e "[P]ID" -e "[p]ost"
> ... to check for living back-ends...
>
> Nicolas Huillard
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De: brianb [SMTP:brianb-pgadmin(at)edsamail(dot)com]
> Date: mercredi 3 mai 2000 04:32
> : pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Objet: [ADMIN] pg_sorttemp files
>
>
> I found a couple of pg_sorttemp* files in my database directory. Is it safe
> to delete these? They're quite large (around 40MB each) and have a creation
> date of a couple of days ago.
>
> Brian
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