When I tried to initdb with -D /usr/share/postgres/data
and after setting env variable PGDATA, I get the following response.
.... and wait for a LONG while... no response.
Am I missing something obvious?
$ initdb
This database system will be initialized with username "keith".
This user will own all the data files and must also own the server process.
Creating directory /usr/share/postgres/data
Creating directory /usr/share/postgres/data/base
Creating directory /usr/share/postgres/data/global
Creating directory /usr/share/postgres/data/pg_xlog
Creating template1 database in /usr/share/postgres/data/base/1
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Keith Gray
Technical Development Manager
Heart Consulting Services P/L
mailto:keith@heart.com.au