On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 14:51, Andrew Dunstan wrote: > re Windows: pipes, yes, hard links, no (and no sane symlinks either)
Actually, NTFS does support hard links, there is just no support for it in any MS file management GUI. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnfiles/html/ntfs5.asp >From the above link: BOOL CreateHardLink( LPCTSTR lpFileName, LPCTSTR lpExistingFileName, LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES lpSecurityAttributes ); > Maybe use an option which you would disable on Windows to copy the files > instead of hardlinking them. Yes it would take lots more time and space, > but copying raw files would surely still be a lot faster than loading > the dump. I think this would be a good feature even without hard link problems. If I am a paranoid admin, and I can afford the time and disk space required, I would want to keep a complete copy of my database, even after the new server is up and running. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html
