Folks, While initdb allows you to choose a directory for transaction logs, it can't already exist, so it can't be in its usual place under $PGDATA. I'd like to propose that this be allowed by having an alternate syntax for the -X option, namely, "existing."
When -X is set to "existing", it would check whether pg_xlog is a directory and the only thing in $PGDATA. One way to do that is to add a new return code to check_data_dir() and a new branch of the case statement after it's called. What say? Cheers, David. -- David Fetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://fetter.org/ Phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Yahoo!: dfetter Skype: davidfetter XMPP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remember to vote! Consider donating to Postgres: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
