Re: Why isn't stats_temp_directory automatically created? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Itagaki Takahiro
Subject Re: Why isn't stats_temp_directory automatically created?
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Msg-id 20090415151442.C442.52131E4D@oss.ntt.co.jp
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In response to Re: Why isn't stats_temp_directory automatically created?  (Euler Taveira de Oliveira <euler@timbira.com>)
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Euler Taveira de Oliveira <euler@timbira.com> wrote:

> Fujii Masao escreveu:
> > Is it worth making the patch which creates stats_temp_directory
> > if not present?
> > 
> +1.

+1, but AFAIK stats_temp_directory was designed to symlink to a RAM drive.
Even if stats_temp_directory exists as a symbolic link, the destination
directory might be lost in such a situation. If you try to make servers
more robust, you might also need to consider broken symlinks.

Regards,
---
ITAGAKI Takahiro
NTT Open Source Software Center




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