On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 11:15:08AM -0700, Adrian Klaver wrote: > >Sorry, that's another typo. It's the latter. The symlink is indeed pointing to the 5 GB of leftovers. > > This: > > % sudo find /media/ssd/archive2/ -type f -ls > 36962439 393940 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 403390464 Jun 27 > 2014 /media/ssd/archive2 > > is a typo or is there another symlink involved? > > So, is there anything at /media/archive2/psql? This time I'll just paste command output to make sure it's verbatim :) % sudo ls -la /media/ssd/postgresql/9.1/main/pg_tblspc/7849107 lrwxrwxrwx 1 postgres postgres 30 Sep 30 2014 /media/ssd/postgresql/9.1/main/pg_tblspc/7849107 -> /media/ssd/archive2/postgresql % sudo ls -la $(sudo readlink -f /media/ssd/postgresql/9.1/main/pg_tblspc/7849107) total 12 drwx------ 3 postgres root 4096 Jun 25 2014 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Sep 30 2014 .. drwx------ 3 postgres postgres 4096 Jun 25 2014 PG_9.1_201105231 % sudo ls -la /media/archive2/psql ls: cannot access /media/archive2/psql: No such file or directory > Or more to the point how did spclocation and the symlink get to be > different? No idea, I inherited this machine. But like Tom said, spclocation being wrong is apparently harmless. -- 2. That which causes joy or happiness. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general