Re: temporary file size clarification - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: temporary file size clarification
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Msg-id Y353x4D2FLPgrc3A@momjian.us
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In response to temporary file size clarification  (PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org>)
Responses Re: temporary file size clarification  (Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>)
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On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 10:26:38AM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
> 
> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/runtime-config-logging.html
> Description:
> 
> The setting log_temp_files will enable logging of the usage of temporary
> files, including their size in the log files.  The setting is given in
> kilobytes, which is clearly documented.  However, I could not find any clear
> documentation that describes the unit of size that is used in the logfiles
> themselves, the log line is something like "profiles@profiles LOG: 
> temporary file: path "base/pgsql_tmp/pgsql_tmp31863.1", size 3137536" but
> there is no size unit in the logfile or in the settings documentation.  Can
> you add whether the log line is in bytes/kilobytes/megabytes?

Uh, I believe it is simply in bytes.

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