Re: WAL file location

lockhart@fourpalms.org

From: Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@fourpalms.org>

To: Greg Copeland <greg@CopelandConsulting.Net>

Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>, Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.net>, Andrew Sullivan <andrew@libertyrms.info>, PostgreSQL Hackers List <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>

Date: 2002-08-02T18:46:15Z

Lists: pgsql-hackers

> > I am wondering why we even want to specify the WAL location anywhere
> > except as a flag to initdb.  If you specify a location at initdb time,
> > it creates the /xlog directory, then symlinks it into /data.
> Does this have any negative implications for Win32 ports?

Sure. the symlinks thing was just a suggestion. Everything else is
portable for sure... Or is there some other area you are concerned
about?

                - Thomas