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Re: Can you specify the pg_xlog location from a config file?


  • 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
  • Subject: Re: Can you specify the pg_xlog location from a config file?
  • Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:43:41 -0500
  • Message-id: <1169837021(dot)27506(dot)1171415357(at)webmail(dot)messagingengine(dot)com>

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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