Add description of pg_stat directory into doc.

Back-patch to 9.3 where pg_stat directory was introduced.

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 1c05243a4a7ccd26770f949ad6a039d7e60116c4..69d99e7c75ff58348172e80c7c950c52dbc5dfc4 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ postgres: user database host 
    For better performance, stats_temp_directory can be
    pointed at a RAM-based file system, decreasing physical I/O requirements.
    When the server shuts down cleanly, a permanent copy of the statistics
-   data is stored in the global subdirectory, so that
+   data is stored in the pg_stat subdirectory, so that
    statistics can be retained across server restarts.  When recovery is
    performed at server start (e.g. after immediate shutdown, server crash,
    and point-in-time recovery), all statistics counters are reset.

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/storage.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/storage.sgml
index 57e7f095b50820ee65179dd4c506a45152cc51a1..330e385aa3c625d768fa5ec9d1b6ac623b7ed10c 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/storage.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/storage.sgml
@@ -103,6 +103,12 @@ Item
  Subdirectory containing exported snapshots
 
 
+
+ pg_stat
+ Subdirectory containing permanent files for the statistics
+  subsystem
+
+
 
  pg_stat_tmp
  Subdirectory containing temporary files for the statistics