On Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 02:43:44PM +0100, Csaba Nagy wrote:
> Gabor,
>
> Short answer: you'll have to restart.
>
> Long answer:
> It depends a lot on your OS... on windows I bet you can't delete it, the
> OS will prevent you to do it (you'll get some error).
Note: on Linux I've had success with simply truncating the file using:
: > [filename]
This does free up the space used straightaway. Depending on the mode
the file was opened with it may also reset the position the postmaster
writes at.
Have a nice day,
--
Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
> Patent. n. Genius is 5% inspiration and 95% perspiration. A patent is a
> tool for doing 5% of the work and then sitting around waiting for someone
> else to do the other 95% so you can sue them.
