On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 12:00:56PM +0200, Arnaud L. wrote: > Hi > > The pg_upgrade documentation for PostgreSQL 9.6 states that --link will use > junction points on Windows. > Shouldn't it rather user hard-links ? > If I'm not mistaken, with junction points (i.e. soft-links to directories), > the old data dir cannot be removed. > With hard-links to file, we can get rid of the old data dir once we are sure > that the upgrade is fine. I was told junction points on Windows were hard links and no one has ever complained about not being able to remove them. -- Bruce Momjian <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + As you are, so once was I. As I am, so you will be. + + Ancient Roman grave inscription + -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
