Thread: initdb problem.

initdb problem.

From

"Elwyn"

Date:

31 May 2004, 18:52:34

Dear all,

I have installed cygwin, cygipc and postgresql into my PC( window 2000). I have follow the steps that giving by the website.
1) type 'ipc-daemon &' ----pop-up window display IPC-Daemon started!
2) type 'initdb -W -D /usr/local/pgsql/data' -------error msg display says that, the system cannot find the path specified. Error executing 'D:\cygwin\bin\bin\pg_id -n -u'.

I have set all the path
C:> set PGHOME=D:\cygwin\bin
C:> set PGDATA=%PGHOME%\data
C:> set PGLIB=%PGHOME%\lib
C:> set PGHOST=localhost
C:> set PATH=%PGHOME%\bin;%PATH%

Regards,
Elwyn

Re: initdb problem.

From

"Leeuw van der, Tim"

Date:

02 June 2004, 07:32:08

Well, does this directory really already exist on your system?

--Tim

-----Original Message-----
From: pgsql-cygwin-owner@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-cygwin-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of Elwyn
Sent: maandag 31 mei 2004 8:42
To: pgsql-cygwin@postgresql.org
Subject: [CYGWIN] initdb problem.

Dear all,

I have installed cygwin, cygipc and postgresql into my PC( window 2000). I have follow the steps that giving by the website.
1) type 'ipc-daemon &' ----pop-up window display IPC-Daemon started!
2) type 'initdb -W -D /usr/local/pgsql/data' -------error msg display says that, the system cannot find the path specified. Error executing 'D:\cygwin\bin\bin\pg_id -n -u'.

I have set all the path
C:> set PGHOME=D:\cygwin\bin
C:> set PGDATA=%PGHOME%\data
C:> set PGLIB=%PGHOME%\lib
C:> set PGHOST=localhost
C:> set PATH=%PGHOME%\bin;%PATH%

Regards,
Elwyn