| From: | Curt Sampson <cjs(at)cynic(dot)net> |
|---|---|
| To: | Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)fourpalms(dot)org> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL Hackers List <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: WAL file location |
| Date: | 2002-07-30 04:13:36 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.NEB.4.44.0207301312410.456-100000@angelic.cynic.net |
| Views: | Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email |
| Thread: | |
| Lists: | pgsql-hackers |
On Mon, 29 Jul 2002, Thomas Lockhart wrote:
> I've developed patches to be able to specify the location of the WAL
> directory, with the default location being where it is now. The patches
> define a new environment variable PGXLOG (a la PGDATA) and postmaster,
> postgres, initdb and pg_ctl have been taught to recognize a new command
> line switch "-X" a la "-D".
What's the advantage of this over just using a symlink?
> I'm intending to head towards finer control of locations of tables and
> indices next by implementing some notion of named storage area, perhaps
> including the "tablespace" nomenclature....
This I would really love to have.
cjs
--
Curt Sampson <cjs(at)cynic(dot)net> +81 90 7737 2974 http://www.netbsd.org
Don't you know, in this new Dark Age, we're all light. --XTC
| From | Date | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next Message | Curt Sampson | 2002-07-30 04:14:54 | Re: WAL file location |
| Previous Message | Tom Lane | 2002-07-30 04:08:09 | Re: WAL file location |