Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFDF76500FB for ; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:19:26 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 46075-04 for ; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:19:13 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.28]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09A1D650070 for ; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:19:12 -0300 (ADT) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 3so32565ywj.73 for ; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:19:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=Q7EsTJqNX1HFqfyxDJgOC5kKwQsXP5eWtcD01j2Q9Vw=; b=v4GxSgUg+Jd9G8a6HEAZo74JldFfD4BY+BVcKbU0rAd2nWCGf91R8W9z/WVMxXO/J3 bHEGVih/0IDATvlj2C1e/z6h6HgM7eywSgQBMM5QgvB3IxRHaaEkMH7UaE7zBYud5SwP 8/qv0gsPkPDc3IEcMpLE012XlHO8rFTyyZcuM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=cCKN4od2sONof5X7W9E7X4H72X7bvk0HVxmbH0sBeTfMi9hbQ0OqkZFNbyQXjGFEwU 18lXenxwlX3MVDiWjaE+viXbphJHfSFyD6lVRrAHA/YbnwWuVnuAZINBIOcUKP7HMuP/ w6Um/R5+hLJ80M3b8rKvV2MPQFT3u/BY/Pplk= Received: by 10.150.225.10 with SMTP id x10mr3757052ybg.57.1225300752125; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:19:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.150.182.7 with HTTP; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:19:12 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4544e0330810291019p65918c7cm873f12d4a4159d73@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:19:12 -0500 From: "Peter Koczan" To: "Carol Walter" Subject: Re: Recovering disk space... Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org In-Reply-To: <15C6F472-B18C-437E-A94D-C442AC68D810@indiana.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <952EB52D-F4B3-41D3-ADB2-F47AE1F98827@indiana.edu> <29e3942f0810240447v43051e33y8ce66c1acfa69c0@mail.gmail.com> <15C6F472-B18C-437E-A94D-C442AC68D810@indiana.edu> X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=none X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200810/173 X-Sequence-Number: 30629 On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 8:43 AM, Carol Walter wrote: > I'm running on Solaris 10 and postgreSQL 8.2.10. > > Thanks, > Carol > > On Oct 24, 2008, at 7:47 AM, Helio Campos Mello de Andrade wrote: > >> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 4:12 PM, Carol Walter wrote: >>> >>> Greetings, >>> >>> I'm moving files in preparation of loading them into their appropriate >>> databases. I just ran out of space on my system before I got all the >>> files >>> moved. I seem to remember reading some place that there is a command >>> that >>> will go clean up after a successful postgres installation. I want to get >>> rid of all the set up files that I no longer need. Is there such a >>> command >>> or is this just wishful thinking. >>> >>> Carol Are you referring to VACUUM? That only clears out and marks free space within the database. If it's external files, then I don't really know. Which files do you need to "clean up"? Peter