RE: [TCLUG:707] how to remove the corrupted file

["Kapoor, Nishikant X" <Nishikant.X.Kapoor@nspco.com>]

I just couldn't access the database since it got all corrupted. Anyway,
I was able to delete all the dirs & subdirs except this junk file.

Nishi
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Joseph A. Heil [SMTP:heilja@dbsource.com]
> Sent:	Monday, July 20, 1998 11:37 PM
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> Subject:	Re: [TCLUG:707] how to remove the corrupted file
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> Quoting Nishikant Kapoor (H) (nkapoor@c3ipros.com):
> > Hi all
> > 
> > I'm not sure how but somehow my PostgreSQL database got corrupted
> and
> > now there is this junk file in the data/ directory that I'm trying
> to
> > remove but just can not. I've been able to rename the data/ to junk/
> and
> > re-installed PostgreSQL but just wondering if anyone knows how to
> get
> > rid of it ?
> > 
> 
>   First have you tried deleting/destroying the database with
> destroydb? 
> 	Second, if that does not work, make sure that the "postmaster"
> 	process is not running.  Then try your deletes again as root.
> 
> 	j.heil
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