Re: pg_log deleted - what to do?

Can the user rename the /data directory, do initdb, save the pg_log
file, move the old /data back into place, add the new pg_log, and do a
backup of his data?

I thought this would work, but am not sure.

> Ralf Tschiersch writes:
>
> > don't ask why, but what can I do if I have pg_log accidently deleted? How
> > to recover? the postmaster starts, I can connect do databases, but neiter
> > tables nor sequences are found! Postgres is 6.5.3 on linux 2.2.10.
>
> You have pretty much lost.  Deleting pg_log is almost like deleting the
> data itself.  You make backups, don't you?
>
> --
> Peter Eisentraut      peter_e@gmx.net       http://yi.org/peter-e/
>
>


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