[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > "Zeugswetter Andreas SB SD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>>> My feeling is that we need not support tablespaces on OS's without > >>>> symlinks. > > > >> To create symlinked directories on Win2k NTFS see: > >> http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/misc.shtml#junction > >> I think Win2000 or XP would be a reasonable restriction for Win32 PG > >> installations that want tablespaces. > > > > Oh, good --- symlinks for directories are all that we need for this > > design. I think that settles it then. > > > > What archival tools are there that would restore this to this back to the > filesystem: tar? zip? What would happen if a symlink were removed or > pointed to an invalid location while the postmaste was running?
Well, for backup, just run tar or find on /data with a flag to follow symlinks, and you are done. Can't get much easier than that. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
