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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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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