Re: WAL file location

On Fri, 2002-08-02 at 13:46, Thomas Lockhart wrote:
> > > 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?

Well, as another poster pointed out, Cygwin does support soft links but
I was also under the impression that lots of Win32 related development
was underway.  I wasn't sure if those plans called for the use of Cygwin
or not.

I was just trying to highlight a possible cause for concern...as I
honestly don't know how it relates to the current Win32 efforts.

Greg