[DOCS] pg_upgrade --link on windows - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Arnaud L.
Subject [DOCS] pg_upgrade --link on windows
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Msg-id 9427796b-9434-91ec-cd6e-ee0c558487f0@codata.eu
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Hi,

the pg_upgrade page states that --link uses junction points on windows :

"--link
     use hard links instead of copying files to the new cluster (use
junction points on Windows)"

I believe this is not correct. It uses hard links. Junction points are
soft links to directories, and would not allow the user to remove the
old-datadir after a successfull upgrade.

Out of safety I ran an upgrade without --link because of this, so I
think that clarifying this in the documentation could help some users.

Regards
--
Arnaud




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