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pg_dynshmem

Subdirectory containing files used by the dynamic shared memory subsystem

Reading PostgreSQL 18.6.

Description

Subdirectory containing files used by the dynamic shared memory subsystem

Relative path: pg_dynshmem

Usage

$PGDATA/pg_dynshmem

Manual definition

pg_dynshmem Subdirectory containing files used by the dynamic shared memory subsystem

Related entries

Database file layout

Documentation and source

PostgreSQL 18 English manual

Source build

Version: 18.6
Build: https://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v18.6/postgresql-18.6.tar.bz2
Source fingerprint: 555610c24d53e4316da5b7d3fc25c279d96856d5e0e23ee308c328c5fa881d9f

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PostgreSQL 17 → 18: unchanged.

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