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    Remove temporary files after backend crash · cd91de0d
    Tomas Vondra authored
    After a crash of a backend using temporary files, the files used to be
    left behind, on the basis that it might be useful for debugging. But we
    don't have any reports of anyone actually doing that, and it means the
    disk usage may grow over time due to repeated backend failures (possibly
    even hitting ENOSPC). So this behavior is a bit unfortunate, and fixing
    it required either manual cleanup (deleting files, which is error-prone)
    or restart of the instance (i.e. service disruption).
    
    This implements automatic cleanup of temporary files, controled by a new
    GUC remove_temp_files_after_crash. By default the files are removed, but
    it can be disabled to restore the old behavior if needed.
    
    Author: Euler Taveira
    Reviewed-by: Tomas Vondra, Michael Paquier, Anastasia Lubennikova, Thomas Munro
    Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAH503wDKdYzyq7U-QJqGn%3DGm6XmoK%2B6_6xTJ-Yn5WSvoHLY1Ww%40mail.gmail.com
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