Heikki Linnakangas wrote: > Alvaro Herrera wrote: >> Tom Lane wrote: >> >>> Also use this method >>> for createdb cleanup --- that wasn't a shared-memory-corruption problem, >>> but SIGTERM abort of createdb could leave orphaned files lying around. >> >> I wonder if we could use this mechanism for cleaning up in case of >> failed CLUSTER, REINDEX or the like. I think these can leave dangling >> files around. > > They do clean up on abort or SIGTERM.
Ah, we're OK then. > If you experience a sudden power loss, or kill -9 while CLUSTER or > REINDEX is running, they will leave behind dangling files, but that's > a different problem. Sure, no surprises there. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
