Andrew Dunstan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > You misunderstood. The 300 secs is not in waiting for unlink() to > return, it is in waiting for its effects to be seen by rmdir() (i.e. for > the entry to actually be cleared from the directory). unlink() is > returning very quickly. If the bgwriter is disabled then the entries are > cleared very quickly too (i.e. before we even get to rmdir())
More specifically, 300 seconds is the most time you'd have to wait for a checkpoint to occur (with default checkpoint settings) ... regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])