Re: Is it OK to create a directory in PGDATA dir

On 10/19/2017 1:25 PM, Tomas Vondra wrote:
> On 10/19/2017 09:58 PM, rakeshkumar464 wrote:
>> In the container world, sometime the only persistent storage path
>> (that is, storage outside container world) is PGDATA.>
> I don't want to be the "You're doing it wrong!" guy, but you're doing it
> wrong. If a container only gives you a single persistent storage path,
> then don't use it as PGDATA directly, but create PGDATA as one of the
> directories in that path. And create a directory for other stuff next to
> it, not in the data directory.

+1

That will also pave the way for an upgrade in the future, where you
might need another directory for data, e.g. PGDATA-10, PGDATA-11, etc.

Igal Sapir
Lucee Core Developer
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