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From: James Cloos <cloos@jhcloos.com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Kevin Grittner <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov>
Cc: pgsql-admin <pgsql-admin@postgresql.org>
Cc: Lou Picciano <loupicciano@comcast.net>
Cc: jd@commandprompt.com
Subject: Re: binary logs: a location other than pg_xlog??
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:59:30 -0500
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>>>>> "TL" == Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:

TL> Here is the problem: what if someday that filesystem happens not to
TL> be mounted?  Then you have a bare mountpoint directory, with no real
TL> way for the postmaster to notice that that wasn't what you intended.
TL> Hilarity ensues.

That is a convincing argument.

-JimC
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James Cloos <cloos@jhcloos.com>         OpenPGP: 1024D/ED7DAEA6



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