Thread: deleting db cluster

deleting db cluster

From
Ulas Albayrak
Date:
Hi,

I have a Linux/Debian machine running postgres 8.3 and I need to
remove a database cluster that I created with the "initdb" command. Is
it enough to just delete the folder in which the cluster resides on
the filesystem, or does it require some additional actions?

Regards
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ulas.albayrak@gmail.com

Re: deleting db cluster

From
"Joshua D. Drake"
Date:
On Tue, 2010-08-03 at 16:15 +0200, Ulas Albayrak wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a Linux/Debian machine running postgres 8.3 and I need to
> remove a database cluster that I created with the "initdb" command. Is
> it enough to just delete the folder in which the cluster resides on
> the filesystem, or does it require some additional actions?

If you remove the data directory (the folder you specifified with
initdb) then the database is gone.

JD

>
> Regards
> --
> Ulas Albayrak
> ulas.albayrak@gmail.com
>

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Re: deleting db cluster

From
"Joshua D. Drake"
Date:
On Tue, 2010-08-03 at 16:15 +0200, Ulas Albayrak wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a Linux/Debian machine running postgres 8.3 and I need to
> remove a database cluster that I created with the "initdb" command. Is
> it enough to just delete the folder in which the cluster resides on
> the filesystem, or does it require some additional actions?

If you remove the data directory (the folder you specifified with
initdb) then the database is gone.

JD

>
> Regards
> --
> Ulas Albayrak
> ulas.albayrak@gmail.com
>

--
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