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Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:56:18 -0400
From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
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To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>
CC: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com>,
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Subject: Re: [DOCS] pg_total_relation_size() and CHECKPOINT
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Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>
>   
>> The real question here is whether Windows' stat() is telling the truth
>> about how much filesystem space has actually been allocated to a file.
>> It seems entirely possible that it's not; but if it is, then I think we
>> have a problem.
>>     
>
> Has this been examined by a Windows hacker?
>
>   

If someone can suggest a test program I'll be happy to run it.

cheers

andrew