Tim Allen <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > We've seen reports of people firing this particular foot-gun before, > haven't we? Would it make sense to rename pg_xlog to something that > doesn't sound like it's "just" full of log files? Eg pg_wal - something > where the half-educated will have no idea what it is, and therefore not > think they know what they can do with it. There's something in what you say. We'd have to rename pg_clog as well, since that's even more critical than pg_xlog ... regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend