Re: Can you specify the pg_xlog location from a config

You can also "mount" a partition as a directory under an existing drive letter, using the "disk management" utility built-in to windows. It's not as granular as the junction method, but there's a built-in gui for it, and its more widely known and used.

-----Original Message-----
From: "Jeremy Haile" <jhaile(at)fastmail(dot)fm>
To: "Roman Neuhauser" <neuhauser(at)sigpipe(dot)cz>; "Karen Hill" <karen_hill22(at)yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Sent: 1/26/2007 12:43 PM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Can you specify the pg_xlog location from a config file?

This utility is useful for creating junctions in Windows:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/FileAndDisk/Junction.mspx

I am using this to "symlink" my pg_xlog directory to another disk and it
works great.

Jeremy Haile

On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:27:04 +0000, "Roman Neuhauser"
<neuhauser(at)sigpipe(dot)cz> said:
> # karen_hill22(at)yahoo(dot)com / 2007-01-26 09:21:27 -0800:
> > Windows doesn't support symlinks. Is it possible instead for there to
> > be a config file that lets one set where the pg_xlog directory will sit?
>
> Windows has junction points.
>
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