"Thomas H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Do you actually mean it's trying to write that file? Or is it just >> sitting there holding the open filehandle?
> well, hard to tell :-) > according to the log-messages i would assume it is *trying* to write. The log messages you have don't make it clear which process is trying to do the fsync, but I would expect it to be the bgwriter. (Possibly you should modify log_line_prefix to include PID so we can tell a bit better.) regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend