On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Joao Ferreira gmail < joao.miguel.c.ferre...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all, > > How can I safelly erase (with rm command in Linux) files or dirs > concerning a specific database ? > Using 'rm', you can't -- not safely anyways. > > assuming I whish to elimiante data belonging to database A but I do not > whish to disturb or cause any injury to database B > Login to database B and type: 'DROP DATABASE A;' That will drop the whole database. If you just want to delete certain tables within the database, then you should login to database A and use: 'DROP TABLE tablename' > > Is there documentation on how to do this or on what exactly am I erasing > if I remove some specific file or dir. > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/interactive/sql-dropdatabase.html --Scott
