Commit 823702be authored by Bruce Momjian's avatar Bruce Momjian

Improve lazy vacuum wording.

parent 9551ab2f
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<chapter id="maintenance">
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just <command>VACUUM</command>, marks expired data in tables and
indexes for future reuse; it does <emphasis>not</emphasis> attempt
to reclaim the space used by this expired data unless the space is
at the end of the table and an exclusive lock can be obtained easily
on the table. Unused space at the start or middle of the file does
at the end of the table and an exclusive table lock can be easily
obtained. Unused space at the start or middle of the file does
not result in the file being shortened and space returned to the
operating system. This variant of <command>VACUUM</command> can be
run concurrently with normal database operations.
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