Re: [HACKERS] Tablespaces

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Zeugswetter Andreas SB SD" <ZeugswetterA(at)spardat(dot)at>
Cc: "Bruce Momjian" <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Greg Stark" <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, "PostgreSQL Win32 port list" <pgsql-hackers-win32(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Tablespaces
Date: 2004-03-03 14:30:53
Message-ID: 12388.1078324253@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Zeugswetter Andreas SB SD" <ZeugswetterA(at)spardat(dot)at> writes:
>>> My feeling is that we need not support tablespaces on OS's without
>>> symlinks.

> To create symlinked directories on Win2k NTFS see:
> http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/misc.shtml#junction
> I think Win2000 or XP would be a reasonable restriction for Win32 PG
> installations that want tablespaces.

Oh, good --- symlinks for directories are all that we need for this
design. I think that settles it then.

regards, tom lane

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