> a good point, but I would prefer NOT to open a 324GB backup file in a text > editor. I can however cat/less/head/tail the file in Linux. Use vi (or flavour thereof) - it doesn't load the entire file in order to read the contents of lines 1 - 100 (say). Paul... -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general