Re: pg_log

> > In 7.1 it'll have a numeric filename ($PGDATA/global/1269, actually)
> > which should reduce the tendency for DBAs to assume there's nothing
> > important in it.  I regard this as one of the major advantages of
> > having switched to numeric filenames ;-)
> >
> What are the others?  Is the point of moving to numeric filenames to
> discourage people mucking with the files?  With the current system for
> example if a backend coredumps I know to look for it in the directory of
> the database.  But how will I know what that is in the future?

I am planning to write a utility to map file name/number to database
objects, hopefully for 7.1.

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