Hi. I just noticed that initdb -S ("Safely write all database files to disk and exit") does (only) the following in perform_fsync:
pre_sync_fname(pdir, true); walkdir(pg_data, pre_sync_fname); fsync_fname(pdir, true); walkdir(pg_data, fsync_fname); walkdir() reads the directory and calls itself recursively for S_ISDIR entries, or calls the function for S_ISREG entries… which means it doesn't follow links. Which means it doesn't fsync the contents of tablespaces. -- Abhijit -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers