Re: How to find data directory

ken(at)scottshill(dot)com (Ken Hill) writes:
> That works nice. It shows my data directory in
> '/var/lib/postgresql/7.4/main'. When I do an ls command, I get:
>
> $ sudo ls /var/lib/postgresql/7.4/main
> base pg_clog pg_ident.conf pg_xlog postmaster.opts
> root.crt
> global pg_hba.conf PG_VERSION postgresql.conf postmaster.pid
>
> I have created two database named 'testdb' and 'csalgorithm'. How do I
> find these databases? I was expecting the databases to be subdirectories
> under the database directory (e.g. /var/lib/postresql/7.4/main/testdb
> and /var/lib/postgresql/7.4/main/csalgorithm).

They'll be in a subdirectory; the thing is, tables and databases are
not named _by name_.

The filenames are the OID numbers associated with either databases
(see pg_catalog.pg_database) or tables (see pg_catalog.pg_class).
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