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.uh OVERVIEW
.lp
This section describes
some of the important files used by \*(PP.
.uh NOTATION
.lp
.q .../
at the front of file names represents the path
to the postgres user's home directory.
Anything in square brackets
.r ( \c
.b \*(lq[\*(rq
and
.b \*(lq]\*(rq )
is optional.
Anything in braces
.r ( \c
.b \*(lq{\*(rq
and
.b \*(lq}\*(rq )
can be repeated 0 or more times.
Parentheses
.r ( \c
.b \*(lq(\*(rq
and
.b \*(lq)\*(rq )
are used to group boolean expressions.
.b |
is the boolean
operator
.A OR .
.uh BUGS
.lp
The descriptions of \c
.ft C
 .../.postgresrc, \c
 .../data/PG_VERSION, \c
 .../data/*/PG_VERSION,
.ft
the temporary sort files,
and the database debugging trace
files are absent.
