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Md. Abdur Rahman wrote:
> Thank you sir.
>
> Ah! got right person at right time :-). For now, my question is: I am
> using my Windows XP OS on a laptop and built using MinGW.
from which location you are firing initdb command ,if your PATH is not set ,it is always to run command under bin
folder.
However, once
> I try to create a database cluster using "initdb -D
> /c/postgresql-8.3.5/src/data" it shows me a message "The program
> postgres is needed by initdb but was not found in the same directory as
> c:/postgresql-8.3.5/src/bin/initdb/initdb.exe. Actually the folder data
> in src folder does not exist. Check your installation".
Hmm,it supposed to create a data folder , go to c:/postgresql-8.3.5/src/bin/ and then fire initdb command like initdb
c:/dataor where u want
>I just want to
> use this folder for the server instance of postgres. I have checked the
> directory structure but did not find postgres.exe anywhere. Any quick
> idea? I appreciate your help. As a new to this world, I feel that I am
> asking some stupid question and thank you for your patience.
postgres supposed to be under bin folder.
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regards,tushar
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