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+This module contains two functions that report the size of a given
+database or relation. E.g.,
+
+SELECT database_size('template1');
+SELECT relation_size('pg_class');
+
+These functions report the actual file system space. Thus, users can
+avoid digging through the details of the database directories.
+
+Copy this directory to contrib/dbsize in your PostgreSQL source tree.
+Then just run make; make install.