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Operating Systems Solaris test and .test in same directory
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Old 12-28-2007
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Originally Posted by vikashtulsiyan
since "." is just an attribute to mark a file hidden why is unix allows creation of "file" and ".file" in the same directory
The leading "." is not an attribute, it is part of the filename. There is no "hidden attribute".
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PG_TEST_FSYNC(1)					  PostgreSQL 9.2.7 Documentation					  PG_TEST_FSYNC(1)

NAME
pg_test_fsync - determine fastest wal_sync_method for PostgreSQL SYNOPSIS
pg_test_fsync [option...] DESCRIPTION
pg_test_fsync is intended to give you a reasonable idea of what the fastest wal_sync_method is on your specific system, as well as supplying diagnostic information in the event of an identified I/O problem. However, differences shown by pg_test_fsync might not make any difference in real database throughput, especially since many database servers are not speed-limited by their transaction logs. OPTIONS
pg_test_fsync accepts the following command-line options: -f, --filename Specifies the file name to write test data in. This file should be in the same file system that the pg_xlog directory is or will be placed in. (pg_xlog contains the WAL files.) The default is pg_test_fsync.out in the current directory. -s, --secs-per-test Specifies the number of seconds for each test. The more time per test, the greater the test's accuracy, but the longer it takes to run. The default is 2 seconds, which allows the program to complete in about 30 seconds. -V, --version Print the pg_test_fsync version and exit. -?, --help Show help about pg_test_fsync command line arguments, and exit. AUTHOR
Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> SEE ALSO
postgres(1) PostgreSQL 9.2.7 2014-02-17 PG_TEST_FSYNC(1)