Re: what's stored in pg_tblspc - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: what's stored in pg_tblspc
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Msg-id 28212.1139840819@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to what's stored in pg_tblspc  (Dave Cramer <pg@fastcrypt.com>)
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Dave Cramer <pg@fastcrypt.com> writes:
> I am confused, I thought that there were only supposed to be links to  
> the actual data in pg_tblspc ?

> I have a db defined in a tablspace, but in pg_tblspc there is 1.2G of  
> data corrresponding to it?

Are you on a system that has symlinks?  Are you sure that whatever tool
you're using to count the space doesn't traverse symlinks?

IIRC, there is a corner case during replay-from-WAL where we'll create
a plain directory under pg_tblspc to substitute for a symlink (if the
symlink isn't there and we don't have the information to recreate it).
I don't believe it's easy to get into that state though.
        regards, tom lane


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