Re: Renaming of pg_xlog and pg_clog - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Renaming of pg_xlog and pg_clog
Date
Msg-id 21185.1472321493@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Renaming of pg_xlog and pg_clog  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>)
Responses Re: Renaming of pg_xlog and pg_clog  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
Re: Renaming of pg_xlog and pg_clog  (Jim Nasby <Jim.Nasby@BlueTreble.com>)
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> I'm for renaming too, but I'd go with Peter E's suggestion: move pg_xlog
> to something like $PGDATA/var/wal or $PGDATA/srv/wal or something like that.

I think that would make sense if we were to relocate *everything* under
PGDATA into some FHS-like subdirectory structure.  But I'm against moving
the config files for previously-stated reasons, and I doubt it makes sense
to adopt an FHS-like structure only in part.
        regards, tom lane



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