On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 07:33:57AM +0000, Simon Riggs wrote: > On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 15:36 +0900, Hiroshi Saito wrote: > > Hi Simon, and Dave,Magnus. > > > > About pg_standby, a link option cause a problem in windows(XP and 2k,2k3). > > It is because the call of mklink is needed. Then, they are the new programs > > of > > VISTA and 2008. It is CreateSymbolicLink of API of kernel32.lib is equipped > > with mklink. > > http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa363866.aspx > > > > Therefore, I considered whether it should correspond by the 'Junction' or > > the 'Hard > > Link' this way and that. However, The addition thought that it was not > > desirable > > by the reason of the process of evolution functional pg_standby. A copy > > function > > is no problem. However, I think that it is necessary to write it to a > > document in > > order to avoid a user's confusion. probably, has that no source code > > corrects. > > Hi Hiroshi, > > pg_standby uses "mklink" which defaults to creating symbolic links on > Win2003 and Win2008: > > http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/0ce4df22-2dbc-48fc-9c16-b721ae85f8571033.mspx?mfr=true > > I think you're referring to the point that "mklink" is not available for > XP and 2k.
I assume you actually maen Vista + 2008? Symlinks aren't supported on Win2k3 AFAIK, and that page certainly says nothing about them. Plus, none of my 2k3 machines appear to have mklink.exe :-P //Magnus ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend