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.4.21.0007102039040.3314-100000@thelab.hub.org
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In response to Re: pg_backup symlink?  (Philip Warner <pjw@rhyme.com.au>)
Responses Re: pg_backup symlink?  (Philip Warner <pjw@rhyme.com.au>)
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On Tue, 11 Jul 2000, Philip Warner wrote:

> At 18:58 10/07/00 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> >
> >There are dozens of other examples in any standard Unix system.  Just
> >to take one example, 'ls' has six different links to it on my Unix box,
> >and they all act differently (ie, supply different default switches to
> >the basic 'ls' behavior).
> >
> >Peter is definitely swimming upstream if he hopes to get anyone to adopt
> >the above as received wisdom.
> >
> 
> Does this mean that using a pg_backup symlink would be deemed acceptable?

yes :)

both 'commands' should be documented in the man pages too ... right? :)




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