Re: Numeric file names

> > With that feature, I can write scripts pgfile2name and pgname2file that
> > map file names to table names. People can run standard Unix commands
> > and have meaningful display output:
> >
> > ls -l | pgfile2name
>
> sed `psql -Aqt -d ${database} -c "select'-e s/' || oid || '/' || relname || '/g' from pg_class"`
>
>
> What I'd find useful is a program that you can occasionally run on a
> database directory that creates links from "name" to "oid".

Let me not grab this utility as my own. If someone else wants to code
it, go ahead. I will be in California for most of next week.

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