Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1tNtuR-002rW1-I8 for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 18 Dec 2024 13:16:16 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1tNtuQ-00Emd0-TF for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 18 Dec 2024 13:16:14 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1tNtuQ-00Emb2-Ev for pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org; Wed, 18 Dec 2024 13:16:14 +0000 Received: from mailout.easymail.ca ([64.68.200.34]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1tNtuJ-000CiZ-Gi for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Wed, 18 Dec 2024 13:16:12 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailout.easymail.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DE3760C5F; Wed, 18 Dec 2024 13:16:05 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=elevated-dev.com; s=easymail; t=1734527765; bh=j9q1evODXvwVS2vNT8Dysvn7mnwXdSuC5zkpmq2c5mA=; h=Subject:From:In-Reply-To:Date:Cc:References:To:From; b=geWkXYxl3aUk4q8/gBhziFu7pozuRmwrOiQX0gcmMwnePN/rfZ0PxVmFvvOrEysgy dtIH/tWti2MdpTqRpRxig2/vchTM8TMQ15CP+jqS25C49AqouPmfNsp59/0WshjvE8 nHcygExG8Idx1MvVASdsEX+/A+gBw1fTnOp99QzvlCriVhCwx20dBiw3XK4wVqu7Tk uCnrP2YA5ZAbKTmYghnfXFcrOtynQ1ndXB17aN9MFrCgUDGG4bePP5uhIVh9gwI8eG cNt/Jlbh8iJ4iD9qePYM0gOu0N9Wndwnwr7e1i7o0/HqO6zUoi1zHf/hxGA3DxVBgq JyDyw6EPCdAdA== X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at emo07-pco.easydns.vpn Received: from mailout.easymail.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (emo07-pco.easydns.vpn [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id pj_kP_FTg00Z; Wed, 18 Dec 2024 13:16:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpclient.apple (unknown [165.140.184.195]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mailout.easymail.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1FCA26071A; Wed, 18 Dec 2024 13:16:05 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=elevated-dev.com; s=easymail; t=1734527765; bh=j9q1evODXvwVS2vNT8Dysvn7mnwXdSuC5zkpmq2c5mA=; h=Subject:From:In-Reply-To:Date:Cc:References:To:From; b=geWkXYxl3aUk4q8/gBhziFu7pozuRmwrOiQX0gcmMwnePN/rfZ0PxVmFvvOrEysgy dtIH/tWti2MdpTqRpRxig2/vchTM8TMQ15CP+jqS25C49AqouPmfNsp59/0WshjvE8 nHcygExG8Idx1MvVASdsEX+/A+gBw1fTnOp99QzvlCriVhCwx20dBiw3XK4wVqu7Tk uCnrP2YA5ZAbKTmYghnfXFcrOtynQ1ndXB17aN9MFrCgUDGG4bePP5uhIVh9gwI8eG cNt/Jlbh8iJ4iD9qePYM0gOu0N9Wndwnwr7e1i7o0/HqO6zUoi1zHf/hxGA3DxVBgq JyDyw6EPCdAdA== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 16.0 \(3826.200.121\)) Subject: Re: pg_upgrade utility with --link option From: Scott Ribe In-Reply-To: Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 06:15:54 -0700 Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: To: "M.Yousaf Maqsood" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3826.200.121) List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk Those are hard links. If you're successfully running PG 17 against the = new dir, just delete the old one. https://linuxhandbook.com/hard-link/ -- Scott Ribe scott_ribe@elevated-dev.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottribe/ > On Dec 15, 2024, at 6:16=E2=80=AFAM, M.Yousaf Maqsood = wrote: >=20 > Can anyone guide me on how to remove the previous PGDATA and fully = rely on the new PGDATA.. >=20