Re: Disk usage

Martin Hampl wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I really don't understand the part of the docmentation about
> determining the disk usage of a database (section 24.1).
>
> The bit that puzzles me is:
>
> "contrib/dbsize loads functions into your database that allow you to
> find the size of a table or database from inside psqlwithout the need
> for VACUUM or ANALYZE.
>
> You can also use contrib/oid2name to show disk usage. See
> README.oid2name in that directory for examples. It includes a script
> that shows disk usage for each database."
>
> What is contrib? I am shure it's a directory, but where is it?

In the source tree under /pgsql/contrib/oid2name.

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