> > where symloc would be SELECT symloc(loc) and return the value into a
> > variable that is used by pg_dump. The backend would do the lstat() and
> > return the value to the client.
>
> I'm wondering if pg_dump should store the location of the tablespace. If
> your machine dies, you get a new machine to re-create the database, you
> may not want the tablespace in the same spot. And text-editing a
> gigabyte file would be extremely painful.
If the symlink create fails in CREATE TABLESPACE, it just creates an
ordinary directory.
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