RE: pg_sorttemp files

These files are temporary files used by back-ends while sorting (as their names tell). They where probably forgotten when the back-end finished (either a died back-end or some sort or abnormal thing). The fact that these files are big can mean that the corresponding back-ends had problems with the involved queries, thus died without erasing the files.

Nicolas Huillard

-----Message d'origine-----
De: brianb [SMTP:brianb-pgadmin(at)edsamail(dot)com]
Date: mercredi 3 mai 2000 11:56
À: Nicolas Huillard
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Objet: Re: [ADMIN] pg_sorttemp files

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
> À: 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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