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Re: It is recommended to add detailed description about initdb ... - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: It is recommended to add detailed description about initdb ...
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Msg-id 20191221190409.GH11527@momjian.us
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In response to It is recommended to add detailed description about initdb ...  (PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org>)
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On Fri, Dec  6, 2019 at 09:22:01AM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
> 
> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/creating-cluster.html
> Description:
> 
> When I run initdb -D /home/myname/pgsql/data in /home/myname/pgsql/bin, it
> return bash: initdb: command not found.... The others are like this. It must
> be /home/myname/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /home/myname/pgsql/data.

This is related to your PATH environment variable setting and not
something we document.

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