Re: PITR on Win32 - Archive and Restore

From: "Andrew Dunstan" <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: <markir(at)coretech(dot)co(dot)nz>
Cc: <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, <pgsql-hackers-win32(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PITR on Win32 - Archive and Restore
Date: 2004-08-09 23:54:47
Message-ID: 1282.24.211.141.25.1092095687.squirrel@www.dunslane.net
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Mark Kirkwood said:
> The only down side is now we have 2 classes of parameters in
> postgresql.conf:
>
> - ones that accept forward slash names (log_directory)
> - ones that only work with backslashes (archive_command)
>

Without looking at it closely, ISTM we should force canonicalisation of the
logdir name, so that on Windows it would accept backslahes. After all,
initdb and pg_ctl (to name but two I have knowledge of) accept backslashes.

cheers

andrew

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