Re: initdb mkdir_p() doesn't work - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: initdb mkdir_p() doesn't work
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Msg-id 3FC105FF.5010100@dunslane.net
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In response to initdb mkdir_p() doesn't work  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
Responses Re: initdb mkdir_p() doesn't work  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
Re: initdb mkdir_p() doesn't work  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:

>Here is what I get:
>
>peter ~$ pg-install/bin/initdb pg-install/var/data
>...
>creating directory pg-install/var/data ... initdb: failed
>
>No points for details in the error message here either.
>
>If I create pg-install/var first, then it work.
>

I will check it out. I know I spent quite some time making sure this 
worked, but I might have missed something obvious. I wonder if it is 
platform specific?

cheers

andrew



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