John Iliffe <john.iliffe@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Can anybody tell what these files are and what they do, and more importantly > if they are needed? They are database table files, and you will certainly be unhappy if you just manually rm them. You can read some theory here: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/storage.html and for help in identifying specific files you might like oid2name: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/oid2name.html although it's certainly possible to get the same results with manual queries on the system catalogs. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
