Re: pgsql: Improve pg_basebackup long file name test Windows robustness - Mailing list pgsql-committers

From Daniel Gustafsson
Subject Re: pgsql: Improve pg_basebackup long file name test Windows robustness
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Msg-id 523D7BB7-53E9-46D3-A564-CEFA16C2E823@yesql.se
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In response to pgsql: Improve pg_basebackup long file name test Windows robustness  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
Responses Re: pgsql: Improve pg_basebackup long file name test Windows robustness
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> On 3 Jul 2023, at 16:08, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> wrote:
> 
> Improve pg_basebackup long file name test Windows robustness
> 
> Creation of a file with a very long name can create problems on Windows
> due to its file path limits. Work around that by creating the file via a
> symlink with a shorter name.

+dir_symlink "$pgdata", "$lftmp/pgdata";

dir_symlink doesn't exist in REL_12_STABLE.

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Daniel Gustafsson




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