Re: initdb crash

> > Is anyone getting this crash when installing on ntfs an 
> partition or 
> > only on fat32?  I have gotten the initdb crash installing on fat32.
> > Used xcacls to set permissions and got no errors!
> > However if an app is making use of these acls, I would 
> assume that  it 
> > will crash.
> > Will try installing on ntfs partition soon.
> >
> 
> Running on fat32 is just asking to be shot in the foot. If 
> there is a simple check to detect it I'd favor having initdb 
> and/or postgres refuse to run on fat32.

You can use GetVolumeInformation() (see MSDN). This will get you both a
set of binary flags you can check for the capabilities we want
(FS_PERSISTENT_ACLS will exist on NTFS only, for example), and a char
buffer with the name of the filesystem.


//Magnus


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