Re: vacuum job taking very long time to complete

From: Feite Brekeveld <feite(dot)brekeveld(at)osiris-it(dot)nl>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: vacuum job taking very long time to complete
Date: 2001-06-27 20:52:56
Message-ID: 3B3A47A8.D6C259C7@osiris-it.nl
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Tom Lane wrote:

> Feite Brekeveld <feite(dot)brekeveld(at)osiris-it(dot)nl> writes:
> > I still have 3.5 G available for logfiles but suppose there is a chance
> > that I will run out of diskspace before the vacuum is done , can I kill
> > it safely before that happens ?
>
> Yes, you can just send a SIGINT to the vacuuming backend (or type
> control-C in psql, if you issued the vacuum command from psql).

What happens with the logs when you do that ? Are the cleaned up because of
SIGINT ?

>
>
> You may care to apply the patch in
> http://www.ca.postgresql.org/mhonarc/pgsql-patches/2001-06/msg00061.html
> before trying again.
>
> regards, tom lane

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