Re: Why isn't stats_temp_directory automatically created?

Hi,

On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 5:37 PM, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:
> This does not take into account the effect of symlinks as mentioned by
> Itakagi Takahiro. I haven't looked at the details, but I don't think it
> would be that much more work to deal with it - and as he mentions, this
> is a very common usecase.

Okey, I'll revise the patch; create also the directory which is
referenced by symlink if not present.

> Also, wouldn't it be better to isolate this to the first time when we
> try to create the file - then we don't have to export the symbol?

You mean having assign_pgstat_temp_directory() create the
directory instead of pgstat_start()? In this case, the directory is
created automatically not only at the beginning but also when
a configuration file is reloaded. This seems to be better behavior.

One problem of this is that some directories may be created
unexpectedly if stats_temp_directory is specified at multiple
locations. It's because assign_hook is called for each setting.

Regards,

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