Yes, of course. Even if it claims to be on a harddisk without a file system - which makes it the only file there :)
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LoveEspresso@cafe.coffee-break.cc 10 hours agoA database is a file ?
Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 10 hours ago
Ephera@lemmy.ml 7 hours ago
Well, unless it is an in-memory database (which isn’t too common), it needs to be stored on disk at some point. And for storing things on disk, you use one or more files.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 10 hours ago
Depends on the database system. But that’s often the case.