Thread: change path of /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432

On Mon, 2010-02-22 at 12:30 +0600, AI Rumman wrote:
> Is it possible to change the path of the file:
> /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432

see unix_socket_directory parameter.

> I am using postgresql 8.1 and / has no space.

If it is full even for a socket file, you may have more important issues
than a single socket file.
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On 02/22/2010 12:00 PM, AI Rumman wrote:
> Is it possible to change the path of the file:
> /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432
> I am using postgresql 8.1 and / has no space.

Somebody already answered your question. But I suggest you inspect /var/log

Logfiles can take large amounts of space if not rotated regularly.

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