Re: Moving data directory - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Srinivas Kotapally
Subject Re: Moving data directory
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Msg-id 027701c794d6$32e921c0$800101df@srinilaptop
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In response to Re: Moving data directory  ("Linux Geeks" <indolinux.geeks@gmail.com>)
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No this will permanently change it.  Check out the documentation:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/server-start.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/app-initdb.html

Cheers

Srinivas

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From: Linux Geeks [mailto:indolinux.geeks@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 1:58 PM
To: ksrinivas@coriendo.com; pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Moving data directory

Hi Srinivas,

Is it permanently change it ? Do I have to change some entry in configuration
file ?

Regards,

Dino

On 5/12/07, Srinivas Kotapally <ksrinivas@coriendo.com> wrote:
> You can do an initdb -d /var/lib/postgresql  to initialize the data
> directory in the /var/lib/postgresql directory.  If you also have data
> in the /usr/lib/postgresql - make sure you back it up and restore it
> in the new directory.
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