determining database size

From: Lee Kindness <lkindness(at)csl(dot)co(dot)uk>
To: Jeff Davis <list-pgsql-general(at)dynworks(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org, Lee Kindness <lkindness(at)csl(dot)co(dot)uk>
Subject: determining database size
Date: 2002-04-18 07:46:33
Message-ID: 15550.31193.891286.188798@kelvin.csl.co.uk
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Take a look at dbsize in the contrib directory of the source
distribution - it's a function you add to your DB to get the size of
databases. I don't know how the RPMs handle the contrib stuff, but it
might be available without compiling it yourself.

Nicer than the other ways...

Jeff Davis writes:
> I would just like to know how to determine the size of a database. The
> directories inside the data directory are numerical, so I can't associate
> them with a particular database or table.
>
> I would basically just like to create reports so I can determine how fast the
> disk usage is increasing.

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