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On linux, I am loading a file into a database using psql and the input redirection operator. I would like to delete the file in order to free up some disk space. Will that interfere with the load?
psql mydatabase < myfile.sql &
rm myfile.sql
The file won’t actually be deleted from the disk until
psqlhas finished. It’ll be deleted from the directory so it won’t appear, but the file will remain on disk (using up space), until the operation has completed.