I found the answer to this: the partition had filled up, and so the problem
was lack of disk space.
Could we have a more helpful error message? I was just looking in the
wrong direction because of the contents of the message.
*** postgresql-7.1.1.orig/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c Tue May 22
16:45:14 2001
--- postgresql-7.1.1/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c Tue May 22 16:48:12
2001***************
*** 1334,1340 ****
unlink(tmppath);
errno = save_errno;
! elog(STOP, "ZeroFill(%s) failed: %m", tmppath);
}
}
--- 1334,1340 ----
unlink(tmppath);
errno = save_errno;
! elog(STOP, "ZeroFill failed to create or write %s: %m", tmppath);
}
}
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Oliver Elphick Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk
Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver
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