Re: Use of copydir vs. cp - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Use of copydir vs. cp
Date
Msg-id 200507041701.j64H1eP21445@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: Use of copydir vs. cp  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@surnet.cl>)
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Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 12:45:47PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Right now, we use 'cp' in unix, and a copydir() function on Win32. 
> > Shouldn't we be using copydir() on all platforms so we can report errors
> > more easily?
> 
> I agree.  In fact, I didn't understand it back then when you opposed the
> idea of doing that.

At the time, we were trying to get Win32 in with as little code change
as possible.  At this point, with everything working, it is time to
complete this item.

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