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From: "Arnaud L." <arnaud.listes@codata.eu>
Subject: pg_upgrade --link on windows
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Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2017 17:09:52 +0200
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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
--
Arnaud


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