Re: failed to unlink, Permission denied

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: M S <arthur_ringworn(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)uk>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: failed to unlink, Permission denied
Date: 2007-08-09 17:20:09
Message-ID: 17344.1186680009@sss.pgh.pa.us
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M S <arthur_ringworn(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)uk> writes:
> I can't think of any programs which would be locking the files (antivirus o=
> r other), but I'll have a look.

Since it's a temporary file, no other Postgres process would be touching
it. I strongly suspect an antivirus or similar tool is touching the
file just as we try to delete it.

regards, tom lane

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