Re: Whatcha' wanta have?????

Neil Truby wrote: > "Preetinder Dhaliwal" <preetinder.dhaliwal@dhl.com> wrote in message > news:c076eq$c86$1@terabinaries.xmission.com... >> >> Check in onmonitor and other utilities for adding chunks, dbspaces >> etc , which makes sure that user does not accidentally overwrites >> existing space. >> >> that is , it should check for overlapping atleast in the same >> instance. > > Is this a post from the heart? ;-) I thought it already did this check; although it doesn't check the underlying files if you are using symlinks or physical device names. If the user specifies a device, I think it should issue at least a warning if it's not a raw device. If it's not even a block device, it probably should be a fatal error.