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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [patch] 7.4 initdb - drop trailing slash from $PGDATA
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Msg-id 21320.1074493331@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [patch] 7.4 initdb - drop trailing slash from $PGDATA  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
Responses Re: [patch] 7.4 initdb - drop trailing slash from $PGDATA  ("Andrew Dunstan" <andrew@dunslane.net>)
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> Jari Aalto wrote:
>> I made a mistake while running 7.4 under W2k/Cygwin, so perhaps
>> the patch would give user a little more comfort.

> I don't see how.  Please explain.

CVS-tip initdb seems to be written to suppress any trailing slash in
the PGDATA path already, so this discussion may be moot.

            regards, tom lane

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