Can anybody tell me how filesystem space is allocated and point me to the sources if it's possible? I have some experience with programming for Windows and I'll try to investigate this problem.
-----Original Message----- From: Andrew Dunstan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 4:56 PM To: Alvaro Herrera Cc: Tom Lane; Gregory Stark; Zubkovsky, Sergey; pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; Magnus Hagander Subject: Re: [HACKERS] [DOCS] pg_total_relation_size() and CHECKPOINT Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Tom Lane wrote: > > >> The real question here is whether Windows' stat() is telling the truth >> about how much filesystem space has actually been allocated to a file. >> It seems entirely possible that it's not; but if it is, then I think we >> have a problem. >> > > Has this been examined by a Windows hacker? > > If someone can suggest a test program I'll be happy to run it. cheers andrew -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
