Re: [Gnumed-devel] examining current schemas

[Jim Busser]

On Jul 11, 2004, at 10:57 PM, Ian Haywood wrote:
> > Where do the databases and tables with their data actually reside? I
> This is the business of the postgresql server, so long as the server 
> is running,
> we don't care. I have honestly forgotten where these files are on my 
> own machine,
> that's how important it is ;-)

Well, is it not important to know for backup purposes? Not only to keep 
backup volumes manageable, but in the event of a computer problem may 
it not be important to be able to restore selectively (e.g. only data), 
and not all of the system and application software.