diff -crN orig/src/backend/postmaster/syslogger.c log_directory/src/backend/postmaster/syslogger.c
*** orig/src/backend/postmaster/syslogger.c	Wed Apr 22 16:28:23 2009
--- log_directory/src/backend/postmaster/syslogger.c	Wed Apr 22 16:00:47 2009
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*** 493,503 ****
  #endif
  
  	/*
- 	 * Create log directory if not present; ignore errors
- 	 */
- 	mkdir(Log_directory, 0700);
- 
- 	/*
  	 * The initial logfile is created right in the postmaster, to verify that
  	 * the Log_directory is writable.
  	 */
--- 493,498 ----
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*** 1188,1193 ****
--- 1183,1193 ----
  
  	filename = palloc(MAXPGPATH);
  
+ 	/*
+ 	 * Create log directory if not present; ignore errors
+ 	 */
+ 	CreateDir(Log_directory, 0700);
+ 
  	snprintf(filename, MAXPGPATH, "%s/", Log_directory);
  
  	len = strlen(filename);