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Tom Lane wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> writes:
>   
>> Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>>     
>>> I'm working on this (thank goodness for junctions). Maybe we shopuld  
>>> look at providing a config setting for pg_xlog.
>>>       
>
>   
>> I hope you mean an initdb switch -- otherwise it is way too easy to
>> misuse.
>>     
>
> There's one already ..
>
> 			
>   

heh, the things that creep up on you when you're not looking ...

cheers

andrew