My postgresql instance was last started on Apr21. In my temp space directory, I have various files that I believe are orphaned. Given the information below, can I safely rm the files in /mnt/iscsi/psql_tmp/tmpdata/41099 that are older than Jun 22? If yes, should these files have been cleaned up by the restart on Apr21? If yes, if I restart the DB today/in the next few days and the files from Jun 22 remain after the restart, can I safely rm them? thanks, reid reporting=# \db List of tablespaces Name | Owner | Location ------------+----------+----------------------------- indexspace | postgres | /mnt/iscsi/psql_idx/idxdata pg_default | postgres | pg_global | postgres | tempspace | postgres | /mnt/iscsi/psql_tmp/tmpdata postgres@hw-prod-repdb1> ps -ef|grep postg |grep -v idle postgres 19895 1 0 Apr21 ? 00:05:19 /usr/bin/postmaster -p 5432 -D /mnt/iscsi/psql/data postgres 19903 19895 0 Apr21 ? 00:00:10 postgres: logger process postgres 19906 19895 0 Apr21 ? 00:10:34 postgres: writer process postgres 19907 19895 0 Apr21 ? 00:02:04 postgres: wal writer process postgres 19908 19895 0 Apr21 ? 00:08:42 postgres: stats collector process root 21228 16899 0 08:08 pts/4 00:00:00 su - postgres postgres 21230 21228 0 08:08 pts/4 00:00:00 -bash postgres 24485 21230 0 10:02 pts/4 00:00:00 ps -ef postgres 24486 21230 0 10:02 pts/4 00:00:00 grep postg postgres@hw-prod-repdb1> pwd /mnt/iscsi/psql_tmp/tmpdata/41099 postgres@hw-prod-repdb1> ls -rlt total 3044944 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 8192 Mar 12 2010 88326 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 0 Mar 12 2010 88324 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 0 Mar 16 2010 88580 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 0 Mar 16 2010 88577.3 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 0 Mar 16 2010 88577.4 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 0 Mar 16 2010 88577.5 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 8192 Mar 16 2010 88592 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 8192 Jun 2 2010 94968 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 0 Jun 2 2010 94966 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 8192 Jun 2 2010 94974 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 0 Jun 2 2010 94972 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 8192 Aug 26 2010 104559 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 0 Aug 26 2010 104557 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 1073741824 Oct 27 2010 88577 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 1073741824 Oct 27 2010 88577.1 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 862986240 Oct 27 2010 88577.2 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 499712 Nov 2 2010 111724 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 44523520 Dec 7 2010 94963 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 25657344 Dec 7 2010 94969 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 33628160 Jun 22 18:46 88321 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 16384 Jun 22 19:49 104560 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 16384 Jun 22 19:49 104554 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general