Re: Postmaster error (newbie questian) - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Ricardo Ryoiti S. Junior
Subject Re: Postmaster error (newbie questian)
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Msg-id Pine.NEB.4.44.0303200302010.11662-100000@unix-svr01.interno
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In response to Postmaster error (newbie questian)  (john.murdoch@ig.com.br)
List pgsql-general
    Ola,

On Thu, 20 Mar 2003 john.murdoch@ig.com.br wrote:

> Hello
> I installed the postgre 7.2.3 from rpm files of my distro. (Conectiva8)
> I am trying to execute postmaster, but the console show this message.
> postmaster does not know where to find the database system data.
> You must specify the directory that contains the database system
> either by specifying the -D invocation option or by setting the
> PGDATA environment variable.
> and I don't know what directory is this PGDATA.
> Thanks for your time

    Did you have 4 minutes do read a simple documentation? I guess
not. :)

    ./initdb ../data
    ./pg_ctl -D ../data start


    []s
    Ricardo


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