scott.marlowe wrote:
> > Seems like the NT4 users are left out in the cold though until we add
> > some kind of ability for PostgreSQL to not look at the filesystem for
> > info about where to put the xlog files.
>
> This isn't true. With the resource kit, you get the gnu utils, and ln
> works a charm under NT4 with ntfs. And not just for directories, but
> files as well. Unless Microsoft somehow removed that functionality in the
> intervening years since I've used NT. (wouldn't put it past them, but I
> doubt they have.)
Yes, this is what I remember, that Cygwin had symlinks, and at that time
that was the only Win32 OS we supported. Now, with native Win32 port
coming, we have to figure out what is available.
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