| From: | Curt Sampson <cjs(at)cynic(dot)net> |
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| To: | Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)fourpalms(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Greg Copeland <greg(at)CopelandConsulting(dot)Net>, Andrew Sullivan <andrew(at)libertyrms(dot)info>, PostgreSQL Hackers List <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: WAL file location |
| Date: | 2002-08-03 11:42:46 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.NEB.4.44.0208032040190.517-100000@angelic.cynic.net |
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On Fri, 2 Aug 2002, Thomas Lockhart wrote:
> [Symlinks] don't scale,
Given that we have only one directory for the log file, this would not
appear to be a problem.
> they are not portable,
That's certainly a problem if we intend to run on systems without them.
> and it is difficult for
> applications (like the Postgres backend) to know that they are dealing
> with a simlink or a real file.
Er...that's the whole point of symlinks.
Not that I really care either way about the whole issue, so long
as we do *something*.
cjs
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