Re: files ending with .1 or .2

From: Chris Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: files ending with .1 or .2
Date: 2004-10-20 17:20:11
Message-ID: 607jplnw6s.fsf@dba2.int.libertyrms.com
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lfrancalanci(at)simtel(dot)ie (Leonardo Francalanci) writes:
>> When a data file for a specific table (or index?) is larger than
>> 1GB, its split up in several parts. This is probably a left over
>> from the time OSs used to have problems with large files.
>
> Thank you.
> Is there any documentation I can read about this?

It's discussed in the Douglas & Douglas book on PostgreSQL; I'm not
sure where else it gets discussed...
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