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To: Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: [HACKERS] initdb should create a warning message [was Re:
From: Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>
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Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk> 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