Re: What is the 'data2' directory for? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: What is the 'data2' directory for?
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Msg-id 20161025221015.GC21062@momjian.us
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In response to What is the 'data2' directory for?  (Steven Hirsch <snhirsch@gmail.com>)
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On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 06:03:43PM -0400, Steven Hirsch wrote:
> I notice that PostgreSQL (both 9.5.4 and 9.6) create a 'data2' directory as
> a peer to the 'data' directory I specified at database initialization. What
> is this directory for and what parameter determines its location?

I am guessing someone at your site created it --- Postgres does not
create such directories by default.

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