Hi,
If you are trying this with a recent version of postgresql for cygwin, then instead of ipc-daemon you should start cygserver. I believe that the instructions are in the README in the docs, but I'm not sure of the exact path to the right version of the docs.
--Tim
> I am trying to install posgresql on cygwin on XP. I have installed postgesql
> and cygipc. Did the following steps
> 1. $ ipc-daemon&
> 2. $ mkdir /whatever/path/pgsql
> 3. $ initdb -D /whatever/path/pgsql
> 4. $ pg_ctl -D /whatever/path/pgsql -o "-i" start
5. $ createdb testdb
>
> But step 3 fails in the end.
> Can anyone help
Kind Regards,
Loyiso Tyira
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