Re: Backend working directories and absolute file paths

David Fetter wrote:

>On Thu, Jun 30, 2005 at 11:42:59AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
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>>Renaming data directories around is not that uncommon,
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>With all due respect, I believe that this falls under the category of
>prying off cover plates.  When people do this, they're responsible for
>knowing what they're about, and taking the consequences if they don't.
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>In other words, it's pilot error, and that's Not Our Problem.
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We provide many defences against pilot error. So does the Air Force - 
that's part of why you see pilots wearing parachutes.

More to the point, there's not much compelling reason *not* to do this.

cheers

andrew