On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 6:38 PM, Jon Nelson <jnelson+pgsql@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Here is an example. > > % time seconds usecs/call calls errors syscall > ------ ----------- ----------- --------- --------- ---------------- > 99.95 3.207681 4182 767 ftruncate > 0.05 0.001579 1 2428 2301 unlink Are this times for unlink after ftruncate? Because ( in linux which is the one I use in the desktops and I'm familiar with ) unlinks of big files are slow too, so to have a more meaningful comparison you would need to time ftruncate+unlink and plain unlink of same files, IIRC they take nearly equal time. Francisco Olarte. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general