From: Gnanavel S <s.gnanavel@gmail.com>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL overall design
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 19:16:09 +0530
Message-ID: <eec3b03c050927064670e1625b@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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<4339444F.6010101@dunslane.net>
On 9/27/05, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> wrote:
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> [ -performance removed ]
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> Gnanavel S wrote:
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> >
> > Need a clarification in copydir.c file of src/port directory, In the
> > following snippet the destination directory is created first then the
> > source directory is read. Suppose if I don't have permission to read
> > the source, even then the destination directory would be created.
> > I just want to know whether there is any reason for doing so?
> >
> >
>
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> Under what circumstances do you imagine this will happen, since the
> postmaster user owns all the files and directories?
Understood. But can you explain why it is done in that way as what I said
seems to be standard way of doing it (correct me if I'm wrong).
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with regards,
S.Gnanavel
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