From c8c9c1f5a3fcd2db0f94d3126e142dee91c53632 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fujii Masao <fujii@postgresql.org> Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 01:43:17 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] Add description of pg_stat directory into doc. Back-patch to 9.3 where pg_stat directory was introduced. --- doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml | 2 +- doc/src/sgml/storage.sgml | 6 ++++++ 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml index 1c05243a4a7..69d99e7c75f 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml @@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ postgres: <replaceable>user</> <replaceable>database</> <replaceable>host</> <re For better performance, <varname>stats_temp_directory</> can be pointed at a RAM-based file system, decreasing physical I/O requirements. When the server shuts down cleanly, a permanent copy of the statistics - data is stored in the <filename>global</filename> subdirectory, so that + data is stored in the <filename>pg_stat</filename> subdirectory, so that statistics can be retained across server restarts. When recovery is performed at server start (e.g. after immediate shutdown, server crash, and point-in-time recovery), all statistics counters are reset. diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/storage.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/storage.sgml index 57e7f095b50..330e385aa3c 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/storage.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/storage.sgml @@ -103,6 +103,12 @@ Item <entry>Subdirectory containing exported snapshots</entry> </row> +<row> + <entry><filename>pg_stat</></entry> + <entry>Subdirectory containing permanent files for the statistics + subsystem</entry> +</row> + <row> <entry><filename>pg_stat_tmp</></entry> <entry>Subdirectory containing temporary files for the statistics -- GitLab