Re: Table Spaces

From: Manfred Spraul <manfred(at)colorfullife(dot)com>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Gavin Sherry <swm(at)linuxworld(dot)com(dot)au>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Table Spaces
Date: 2004-05-17 16:57:13
Message-ID: 40A8EEE9.3000405@colorfullife.com
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Bruce Momjian wrote:

>The only downside to removal is that folks without symlinks (I believe
>Win32 only) will loose that functionality with nothing to replace it.
>However, I think the clarity of removing it is worth it. Also, I think
>someone had a special way to do symlinks on Win32 and we should look
>into that.
>
>
Windows 2000 and later support mount points - you can attach a new
partition as C:\pgsql\data\xlog instead of D:\. That might be enough for
most users. IIRC there was a tool to create arbitrary links, but it was
removed just before W2K final.

--
Manfred

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