The following bug has been logged online:

Bug reference: 2707
Logged by: Janos Gonda
Email address: jgonda (AT) sinecon (DOT) net
PostgreSQL version: 8.0.1
Operating system: FreeBsd
Description: file size at the end of the large object
Details:

Hi,

The problem I face with is belongs to large objects.
After exporting a stored xml document to the file system from large object
the file becomes incorrect because postgres writes the size of the file at
the of the xml file.

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