Re: portability of datafiles - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: portability of datafiles
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Msg-id 8710.1004483647@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to portability of datafiles  (Mariusz Czułada <manieq@wp.pl>)
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Mariusz Czułada <manieq@wp.pl> writes:
> 1. I have a FAT32 partition, which is r/w accessible from both OSes.
> 2. I have same version of postgres installed on linux and on w2k
>    (with cygwin support).
> 3. I have PGDATA set to same directory on the 'shared' disk.

> Q.: Can I access my databases no matter which os I currently use?

I think that will work, seeing as how it's the same architecture in
both cases and only one instance of Postgres will be running at a time.
But I recommend not trusting it till you've tested it ... keep backups!
        regards, tom lane


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