pgsql folder and its contents

[Alexander Cohen]

Hi,

Im looking to remove everyth9ing that is not absolutely necessary in
the pgsql folder of my postgres server. Is there anyplace i can find
information on what all the files in lib, share and bin are for? Im
looking for somewhere or someone that can explain what each file
contained in those folders is used for. I am experimenting already but
i dont want to miss anything. Thanks.
--
Alexander Cohen
http://www.toomuchspace.com
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[Peter Eisentraut]

Alexander Cohen wrote:

Im looking to remove everyth9ing that is not absolutely necessary in
the pgsql folder of my postgres server. Is there anyplace i can find
information on what all the files in lib, share and bin are for? Im
looking for somewhere or someone that can explain what each file
contained in those folders is used for. I am experimenting already
but i dont want to miss anything. Thanks.

If you use a packaging system (e.g., RPM, Debian) then you would have
several subpackages that contain only the files you need for specific
tasks. (If you don't, download the packages anyway to find out how the
files are split up.) Manually deleting particular files is a risky
process, and it depends on your configuration options, operating
system, and what you want to do with the system later on. I would
advise against it, since no one is going to want to help you later on
if it turns out that you have manually butchered your system.
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[Peter Eisentraut]

Alexander Cohen wrote:

Im looking to remove everyth9ing that is not absolutely necessary in
the pgsql folder of my postgres server. Is there anyplace i can find
information on what all the files in lib, share and bin are for? Im
looking for somewhere or someone that can explain what each file
contained in those folders is used for. I am experimenting already
but i dont want to miss anything. Thanks.

If you use a packaging system (e.g., RPM, Debian) then you would have
several subpackages that contain only the files you need for specific
tasks. (If you don't, download the packages anyway to find out how the
files are split up.) Manually deleting particular files is a risky
process, and it depends on your configuration options, operating
system, and what you want to do with the system later on. I would
advise against it, since no one is going to want to help you later on
if it turns out that you have manually butchered your system.
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[Alexander Cohen]

I understand that, but i still really need some kind of reference on
what files do what. Does anything of that sort exist?

thanks!
--
Alexander Cohen
http://www.toomuchspace.com
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On May 1, 2004, at 5:01 PM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:

Alexander Cohen wrote:

Im looking to remove everyth9ing that is not absolutely necessary in
the pgsql folder of my postgres server. Is there anyplace i can find
information on what all the files in lib, share and bin are for? Im
looking for somewhere or someone that can explain what each file
contained in those folders is used for. I am experimenting already
but i dont want to miss anything. Thanks.

If you use a packaging system (e.g., RPM, Debian) then you would have
several subpackages that contain only the files you need for specific
tasks. (If you don't, download the packages anyway to find out how the
files are split up.) Manually deleting particular files is a risky
process, and it depends on your configuration options, operating
system, and what you want to do with the system later on. I would
advise against it, since no one is going to want to help you later on
if it turns out that you have manually butchered your system.

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[Alexander Cohen]

I understand that, but i still really need some kind of reference on
what files do what. Does anything of that sort exist?

thanks!
--
Alexander Cohen
http://www.toomuchspace.com
[phone]
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On May 1, 2004, at 5:01 PM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:

Alexander Cohen wrote:

Im looking to remove everyth9ing that is not absolutely necessary in
the pgsql folder of my postgres server. Is there anyplace i can find
information on what all the files in lib, share and bin are for? Im
looking for somewhere or someone that can explain what each file
contained in those folders is used for. I am experimenting already
but i dont want to miss anything. Thanks.

If you use a packaging system (e.g., RPM, Debian) then you would have
several subpackages that contain only the files you need for specific
tasks. (If you don't, download the packages anyway to find out how the
files are split up.) Manually deleting particular files is a risky
process, and it depends on your configuration options, operating
system, and what you want to do with the system later on. I would
advise against it, since no one is going to want to help you later on
if it turns out that you have manually butchered your system.

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[Peter Eisentraut]

Alexander Cohen wrote:

I understand that, but i still really need some kind of reference on
what files do what. Does anything of that sort exist?

Not really. Read the man pages for the programs, use "strings" to see
what files they might open, use "ldd" to see what libraries are used,
delete all the include files and *.so and *.a development libraries if
you don't need them. That's the best you can do. Hint: for a server
system you can't delete anything except the header files and
development libraries.

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[Peter Eisentraut]

Alexander Cohen wrote:

I understand that, but i still really need some kind of reference on
what files do what. Does anything of that sort exist?

Not really. Read the man pages for the programs, use "strings" to see
what files they might open, use "ldd" to see what libraries are used,
delete all the include files and *.so and *.a development libraries if
you don't need them. That's the best you can do. Hint: for a server
system you can't delete anything except the header files and
development libraries.

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