| From: | Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> |
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| To: | Csaba Nagy <nagy(at)ecircle-ag(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Gábor Farkas <gabor(at)nekomancer(dot)net>, Postgres general mailing list <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: is it possible to delete the psql log while psql is |
| Date: | 2005-12-08 14:04:58 |
| Message-ID: | 20051208140452.GB25312@svana.org |
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On Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 02:43:44PM +0100, Csaba Nagy wrote:
> Gabor,
>
> Short answer: you'll have to restart.
>
> Long answer:
> It depends a lot on your OS... on windows I bet you can't delete it, the
> OS will prevent you to do it (you'll get some error).
Note: on Linux I've had success with simply truncating the file using:
: > [filename]
This does free up the space used straightaway. Depending on the mode
the file was opened with it may also reset the position the postmaster
writes at.
Have a nice day,
--
Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
> Patent. n. Genius is 5% inspiration and 95% perspiration. A patent is a
> tool for doing 5% of the work and then sitting around waiting for someone
> else to do the other 95% so you can sue them.
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