Re: Database files - personal curiosity - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Database files - personal curiosity
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Msg-id 200303290352.h2T3qBg21367@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Database files - personal curiosity  ("Fontenot, Paul" <Paul.Fontenot@bannerhealth.com>)
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Uh, see /data and the administration chapter on 'disk space', and try
/contrib/oid2name.

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Fontenot, Paul wrote:
> This is more a curiousity of mine than anything else.
>
> In MySQL the database files are housed in directories named for the
> database they belong to and you can see how much disk space they are
> taking up fairly easily. Where does PostgreSQL keep is datafiles and
> more importantly how can I tell how much diskspace it is consuming?
>
> Pardon my ignorance of PostgreSQL, today is my first real attempt at its
> use.
>
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