M Rather <mrather@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > one of our clients is using pgsql 8.1, and recently the site crashed due > to lack of hard disk space. Upon inspection a file was found : > pgsql.broken.csc (size: > 51 GB) > I cannot find any reference to this file on pgsql site or on google. > What is this file? Is it related to PGSQL? What caused it to grow to > this size? PG would never make a file named that. Did you try looking into the file to see what it contains? regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings