Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UwzpN-0000PM-H5 for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 19:13:25 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UwzpM-0000Jh-UO for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 19:13:24 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:7903:4::125]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UwzpL-0000IC-IC for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 19:13:23 +0000 Received: from proofpoint1.mail.rice.edu ([128.42.201.100] helo=pp1.rice.edu) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UwzpI-0005ze-P7 for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 19:13:22 +0000 Received: from pps.filterd (pp1.rice.edu [127.0.0.1]) by pp1.rice.edu (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id r6AJ1TTL029203; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 14:13:19 -0500 Received: from mh3.mail.rice.edu (mh3.mail.rice.edu [128.42.199.10]) by pp1.rice.edu with ESMTP id 1ddpxdt6gu-1; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 14:13:19 -0500 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavis-2.7.0 at mh3.mail.rice.edu, auth channel X-SMTP-Auth: no X-SMTP-Auth: no Received: from aart.rice.edu (aart.rice.edu [168.7.56.48]) by mh3.mail.rice.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 741A24071A; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 14:13:19 -0500 (CDT) Received: by aart.rice.edu (Postfix, from userid 18612) id 920B7100720; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 14:13:23 -0500 (CDT) Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 14:13:23 -0500 From: "ktm@rice.edu" To: Wells Oliver Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Upgrading from 9.1 to 9.2 in place, same machine Message-ID: <20130710191323.GJ3001@aart.rice.edu> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-12-10) X-Pg-Spam-Score: 0.5 (/) List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-admin Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 12:02:06PM -0700, Wells Oliver wrote: > Hard linking means that you must maintain 8.2's data directory though, even > after upgrade, correct? Since it's a link and not a copied file. > I think it only hard links the files to the new 9.2 data directory so you can delete the old data directory and the files will still be in the new directory since the link count will be > 0. Ken -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin