Re: What is the 'data2' directory for?

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Steven Hirsch <snhirsch(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: What is the 'data2' directory for?
Date: 2016-10-25 22:10:15
Message-ID: 20161025221015.GC21062@momjian.us
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On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 06:03:43PM -0400, Steven Hirsch wrote:
> I notice that PostgreSQL (both 9.5.4 and 9.6) create a 'data2' directory as
> a peer to the 'data' directory I specified at database initialization. What
> is this directory for and what parameter determines its location?

I am guessing someone at your site created it --- Postgres does not
create such directories by default.

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