You can also "mount" a partition as a directory under an existing drive letter, using the "disk management" utility built-in to windows. It's not as granular as the junction method, but there's a built-in gui for it, and its more widely known and used. -----Original Message----- From: "Jeremy Haile" <jhaile@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Roman Neuhauser" <neuhauser@xxxxxxxxxx>; "Karen Hill" <karen_hill22@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: 1/26/2007 12:43 PM Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Can you specify the pg_xlog location from a config file? This utility is useful for creating junctions in Windows: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/FileAndDisk/Junction.mspx I am using this to "symlink" my pg_xlog directory to another disk and it works great. Jeremy Haile On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:27:04 +0000, "Roman Neuhauser" <neuhauser@xxxxxxxxxx> said: > # karen_hill22@xxxxxxxxx / 2007-01-26 09:21:27 -0800: > > Windows doesn't support symlinks. Is it possible instead for there to > > be a config file that lets one set where the pg_xlog directory will sit? > > Windows has junction points. > > -- > How many Vietnam vets does it take to screw in a light bulb? > You don't know, man. You don't KNOW. > Cause you weren't THERE. http://bash.org/?255991 > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
