On Monday 13 March 2017 19:12:10 Tom Lane wrote: > 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 Thanks Tom. I was sure they weren't abandoned but the increasing number of them made me wonder if I had a configuration issue. John -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
