My guess is probably yes it's ok - just shut down the server before deleting them!
Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of D'Arcy J.M. Cain > Sent: Thursday, 18 October 2001 3:46 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [HACKERS] pg_sorttemp files > > > I have tons of old files with names like base/db/pg_sorttemp####.##. I > assume that they are temporary sorting files but somehow they never got > cleared out. Is it safe to delete these from a running system. The files > are months old. > > -- > D'Arcy J.M. Cain <darcy@{druid|vex}.net> | Democracy is three wolves > http://www.druid.net/darcy/ | and a sheep voting on > +1 416 425 1212 (DoD#0082) (eNTP) | what's for dinner. > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])