David Fetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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. Why is this useful? It seems like just extra complication. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers