Re: [PATCH] Bug fix in initdb output

On 2021-Mar-02, Nitin Jadhav wrote:

> > FWIW, I don't think that it is a good idea to come back to this
> > decision for *nix platforms, so I would let it as-is, and use
> > relative paths if initdb is called using a relative path.
> 
> The command to be displayed either in absolute path or relative path
> depends on the way the user is calling initdb. I agree with the above
> comment to keep this behaviour as-is, that is if the initdb is called
> using relative path, then it displays relative path otherwise absolute
> path.

Yeah.

> > However, if you can write something that makes the path printed
> > compatible for a WIN32 terminal while keeping the behavior
> > consistent with other platforms, people would have no objections to
> > that.
> 
> I feel the patch attached above handles this scenario.

Agreed.  I'll push the original patch then.  Thanks everybody for the
discussion.

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