| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Removal of temp tables |
| Date: | 2001-06-14 20:17:36 |
| Message-ID: | 200106142017.f5EKHan20338@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> >> If you don't like pg_temp here, maybe post_temp? pgsql_temp?
>
> > What if I call the directory tmp or pgsql_tmp and the files
> > pgsql_pid_#.#?
>
> Why are you so eager not to call temp files "temp"? If you want to
> spell it "pgsql_tmp" or "pg_temporary" or something different from
> "pg_temp", that's fine, but I really think the files ought to clearly
> label themselves as temporary. "pid" is not a clear label. With a
> name like that, people might even think they are lock files.
I wanted to call them pid so people knew what the file number meant.
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