From: Arnaud L. <arnaud.listes@codata.eu>
To: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org
Subject: pg_upgrade --link on windows
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2017 17:09:52 +0200
Message-ID: <9427796b-9434-91ec-cd6e-ee0c558487f0@codata.eu> (raw)
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Hi,
the pg_upgrade page states that --link uses junction points on windows :
"--link
use hard links instead of copying files to the new cluster (use
junction points on Windows)"
I believe this is not correct. It uses hard links. Junction points are
soft links to directories, and would not allow the user to remove the
old-datadir after a successfull upgrade.
Out of safety I ran an upgrade without --link because of this, so I
think that clarifying this in the documentation could help some users.
Regards
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Arnaud
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