On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 10:53 AM, Joshua D. Drake <j...@commandprompt.com> wrote: > fd.c[1] will remove files from pgsql_tmp on a restart but not a > crash-restart per this comment: > > /* > * NOTE: we could, but don't, call this during a post-backend-crash restart > * cycle. The argument for not doing it is that someone might want to > examine > * the temp files for debugging purposes. This does however mean that > * OpenTemporaryFile had better allow for collision with an existing temp > * file name. > */ > > I understand that this is designed this way. I think it is a bad idea
FWIW, I've seen this get out of hand several times myself. -- Peter Geoghegan -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
