Re: WAL file location

From: Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)fourpalms(dot)org>
To: Greg Copeland <greg(at)CopelandConsulting(dot)Net>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Curt Sampson <cjs(at)cynic(dot)net>, Andrew Sullivan <andrew(at)libertyrms(dot)info>, PostgreSQL Hackers List <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: WAL file location
Date: 2002-08-02 18:46:15
Message-ID: 3D4AD377.E1B752A5@fourpalms.org
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> > 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?

- Thomas

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