Re: freeing disk space used by postgresql/postmaster

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Colleen Williams <colleen(at)digital-arts(dot)co(dot)uk>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: freeing disk space used by postgresql/postmaster
Date: 2001-03-08 15:19:34
Message-ID: 25613.984064774@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Colleen Williams <colleen(at)digital-arts(dot)co(dot)uk> writes:
> 3. after stopping and restarting postgresql (postmaster) again the disk
> usage is back to 56%

Oh? Stopping and restarting the postmaster shouldn't make any
difference as far as postgres itself is concerned. May I ask what
you are doing with the postmaster log (stdout & stderr)? How high
do you have the debug level set?

regards, tom lane

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