On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 4:12 PM, Tom Lane <[email protected]> wrote:
> John Iliffe <[email protected]> writes: > > Can anybody tell what these files are and what they do, and more > importantly > > if they are needed? > > They are database table files, and you will certainly be unhappy if you > just manually rm them. > > You can read some theory here: > > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/storage.html In particular note the paragraph whose leading sentence is: "Tablespaces make the scenario more complicated." What you showed up was the "far end" of a custom tablespace link. David J.
