Re: pg_backup symlink?

Philip Warner wrote:
> At 00:24 11/07/00 +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> >Philip Warner writes:
> >> Does anyone have a philosophical objection to a symlink from pg_dump to
> >> (new) pg_backup?

> >Yes. The behaviour of a program should not depend on the name used to
> >invoke it. You can use shell aliases or scripts for that.
> OK, I suppose I was thinking of the pg_dump symlink as a tool for
> compatibility.

There is already precedent -- postmaster is a symlink to postgres, but
operates differently due to its invocation name.

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Lamar Owen
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