RE: [geonet]: DATABASE FILE STRUCTURE

[Roger Amorim]

Aaron,   The .gd~ files are backup indexes of the original databases. They guarantee database integrity in case the main GDB file is corrupted during a commit or by a disk error. They are not necessary for a database to be loaded and are only read in when repairing a database. However, every time a database is committed, the GD~ file is written out.   Roger Amorim