Re: base directory size getting increased

From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
To: Atul Kumar <akumar14871(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: base directory size getting increased
Date: 2021-06-07 12:04:57
Message-ID: 1134292be1b2c9e33e6bd6dd0c0fd53a565403ce.camel@cybertec.at
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On Mon, 2021-06-07 at 16:11 +0530, Atul Kumar wrote:
> I have a query from which I am trying to export the data into a csv
> file(around 10 lakhs record) but when I am doing so the base sub
> directory size of data directory is getting increased.
>
> can someone help me in telling 'why base sub directory size is getting
> increased'?
>
> my postgres version is 9.6.

Based on the little information you gave us, it could be one of

- temporary files that get created by the query
- you export the data into the data directory

Yours,
Laurenz Albe
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Cybertec | https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com

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