| From: | Alfred Perlstein <bright(at)wintelcom(dot)net> |
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| To: | "Roderick A(dot) Anderson" <raanders(at)altoplanos(dot)net> |
| Cc: | "PostgreSQL::General List" <pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [Q] createdb for existing directory |
| Date: | 2000-10-16 19:40:19 |
| Message-ID: | 20001016124018.O272@fw.wintelcom.net |
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* Roderick A. Anderson <raanders(at)altoplanos(dot)net> [001016 12:32] wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
>
> > huh? How are you copying to an unmounted partition?
>
> Sorry I left that step out of the description. I usually mount it to some
> dumy point long enough to copy the files then unmount it and mount it to
> the database directory.
You could use a symlink and just keep using a different mountpoint.
postgresql should follow a symlink for the -D datadir option.
--
-Alfred Perlstein - [bright(at)wintelcom(dot)net|alfred(at)freebsd(dot)org]
"I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."
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