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From: Neil Conway <[email protected]>
To: Oliver Elphick <[email protected]>
Cc: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] initdb should create a warning message [was Re:
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 18:18:54 -0500
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Oliver Elphick <[email protected]> writes:
> The use of the word "log" in the directory name does tend to invite
> this error, and some have acted on it without asking first.  I think
> initdb should put a README.IMPORTANT file in $PGDATA to say [...]

If someone deletes something from $PGDATA without understanding what
it is, they deserve what they get.

I do agree that we could stand to document the purpose of pg_clog
and pg_xlog more clearly. However, this information belongs in the
standard documentation, not scattered throughout $PGDATA.

-Neil

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