Does osm2pgsql error check if a custom PostgreSQL tablespace is writable?

[mboeringa]

I have tried to help out someone remotely to get osm2pgsql running. His import used a custom flex style with tablespace settings, however he ended up with just the 'planet_osm_nodes/ways/relations' tables before osm2pgsql apparently bailed out after just a few seconds.

I suspect this is simply due to a wrong tablespace setup, with PostgreSQL not having full ownership of the tablespace. Now setting up a custom tablespace in PostgreSQL is indeed a little complicated, and such an error easily made.

This makes me wonder if osm2pgsql has error handling for detecting if writing to a tablespace failed?

[joto]

There are no specific checks for tablespaces. But you should get some kind of error message if there is a problem. Also check the PostgreSQL log for messages. And, as always, try running with --log-level=debug or even --log-sql can help with diagnosing a problem.