Re: [HACKERS] Unlock the vacuum

From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
To: Michael Yeung <michaely(at)alphanet(dot)net(dot)au>
Cc: "'Postgres'" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Unlock the vacuum
Date: 1998-04-30 03:40:28
Message-ID: Pine.BSF.3.96.980430003957.466L-100000@thelab.hub.org
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On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Michael Yeung wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Can anyone tell me how to unlocak a vacuum ? Because last time i run the vacuum and stop while running. When i do a vacuum again this morning, it says
>
> michaely=> vacuum;
> WARN: Can't create a lock file - another vacuum cleaner running ?

Assuming that you are *sure* there are no other vacuum processes
running, look for:

<PGHOME>/data/base/<database>/pg_vlock

And remove that...

Marc G. Fournier
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy(at)hub(dot)org secondary: scrappy(at){freebsd|postgresql}.org

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