Re: pg_backup symlink? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From The Hermit Hacker
Subject Re: pg_backup symlink?
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Msg-id Pine.BSF.4.21.0007101952260.3314-100000@thelab.hub.org
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In response to Re: pg_backup symlink?  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
Responses Re: pg_backup symlink?  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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On Tue, 11 Jul 2000, Peter Eisentraut wrote:

> Philip Warner writes:
> 
> > Does anyone have a philosophical objection to a symlink from pg_dump to
> > (new) pg_backup?
> 
> Yes. The behaviour of a program should not depend on the name used to
> invoke it. You can use shell aliases or scripts for that.

tell that to *how many* Unix programs? :)  sendmail, of course, being the
first to jump to mind ...



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