On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 09:59:04AM +0200, Klaus P. Pieper wrote: > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > > > I apologize for not being smarter on this thread. When I helped with the > > Windows port, I was told Windows didn't have hard links for use by > tablespace > > directories, so I got it into my head that Windows didn't have hard links. > > Therefore, when I was writing the docs, I called them junction points. > > It's actually not "Windows" providing hard links, it is the file system > NTFS. FAT and its modern cousins don't provide hard links - but this will > rarely be used for databases these days. > However, ReFS (introduced with server 2012 and providing some new features > like automatic integrity checks, clustering etc.) does no longer provide > hard links. > Are hard links used anywhere else but in pg_upgrade? Nope, it is used only by transfer_relfile() calling linkFile(). -- 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
