Noah,
> Can someone give me a good description of what the various directories
> and files actually are. I have RTFMed, but the descriptions there
> don't seem to match what I have on my machine.
Within $PGDATA:
/base is all database files unless you use WITH LOCATION
/pg_clog is the Clog, which keeps a permanent count of transactions
/pg_xlog is the transaction log (WAL)
/global are a small number of relations, like pg_database or pg_user, which
are available in all databases.
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-Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco
