Re: WAL file location - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From scott.marlowe
Subject Re: WAL file location
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.44.0208021305530.28034-100000@css120.ihs.com
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In response to Re: WAL file location  (Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@fourpalms.org>)
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On Fri, 2 Aug 2002, Thomas Lockhart wrote:

> > > I am wondering why we even want to specify the WAL location anywhere
> > > except as a flag to initdb.  If you specify a location at initdb time,
> > > it creates the /xlog directory, then symlinks it into /data.
> > Does this have any negative implications for Win32 ports?
> 
> Sure. the symlinks thing was just a suggestion. Everything else is
> portable for sure... Or is there some other area you are concerned
> about?

NTFS does support symlinks.  It's just not very well known, but the gnu 
utilities for windows can let you create soft links.  

Scott Marlowe



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