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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: safelly erasing dirs/files
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Msg-id 17217.1258227256@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to safelly erasing dirs/files  (Joao Ferreira gmail <joao.miguel.c.ferreira@gmail.com>)
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Joao Ferreira gmail <joao.miguel.c.ferreira@gmail.com> writes:
> How can I safelly erase (with rm command in Linux) files or dirs
> concerning a specific database ?

Don't even think about it.

> assuming I whish to elimiante data belonging to database A but I do not
> whish to disturb or cause any injury to database B

DROP DATABASE A;

            regards, tom lane

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