Re: pg_upgrade output directory

Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>

From: Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2010-06-12T10:57:38Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 4:58 AM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> However, I might have been too conservative.  How do tools that generate
> multiple output files usually handle this situation?  Do they output in
> to a subdirectory in $HOME, or in a subdirectory of the current
> directory, or just create multiple files without a subdirectory?

Generally they put them in the current directory without
subdirectories but take a parameter to specify a directory to use.
That parameter could be mandatory though if you're afraid the current
directory isn't a suitable place.

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greg