Re: Upgrading a database dump/restore

Benny Amorsen wrote:
>>>>>> "TL" == Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:
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>
> TL> (I suppose it wouldn't work in Windows for lack of hard links, but
> TL> anyone trying to run a terabyte database on Windows deserves to
> TL> lose anyway.)
>
> Windows has hard links on NTFS, they are just rarely used.
>   


And MS provides a command line utility to create them. See 
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/fsutil_hardlink.mspx?mfr=true

I imagine there is also a library call that can be made to achieve the 
same effect.

cheers

andrew