Re: open item: tablespace handing in pg_dump/pg_restore - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Greg Stark
Subject Re: open item: tablespace handing in pg_dump/pg_restore
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Msg-id 87vfdg16yb.fsf@stark.xeocode.com
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In response to Re: open item: tablespace handing in pg_dump/pg_restore  ("Magnus Hagander" <mha@sollentuna.net>)
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"Magnus Hagander" <mha@sollentuna.net> writes:

> No, it's file system.
> Junctions will not work on NT OS:es with FAT32.
> Directory junctions require NTFSv5, which is only available on Windows
> 2000 and newer.

So then there really has to be a run-time check for this. Either at initdb
time, or at the time the database tries to create the link. You can't know at
compile-time whether the filesystem the database will be on will support
junctions.

-- 
greg



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