sweta@opspl.com wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>> I believe that command is specific to the debian/ubuntu distributions.
>>
>> in generic postgres, you'd simply stop the server, then delete the
>> contents of the $PGDATA directory
>
> I am using CentOS 5 and postgrest 8.1.11 . Could not find the PGDATA
> directory. :(
On my CentOS 5 systems using the PGDG, and the stock CentOS I found it
(but already knew where) based on the following.
[root@db3 ~]# su - postgres
-bash-3.2$ echo $PGDATA
/var/lib/pgsql/data
-bash-3.2$
>
> Will deleting the contents from the directory remove "Cluster already exists"
> error???
You will probably have to re-init_db to have a working PostgreSQL
database system.
> Thanks and Regards,
> Sweta.
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Rod
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