Thread: where is the postmaster executable in the win nt distribution ?

hi all,

i'm trying to get postgresql 7.0 running. the manual says that i have to start the postmaster
process first. but in my bin directory there is no postmaster executable or script!
(do i have to compile it myself?)

i use the binary version : postgresql-7.0-nt-binaries.tar.gz

thanks for help,

christian thrum

>
> > What is the above?  That is, from where did you get it?
> >
>
> ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/binary/v7.0/NT/
>
> i guess that the archive contained the symlinks, but winzip
> didn't show them....

You must use "tar xzvf <filename.tar.gz>" to unpack the archive. Winzip
will corrupt symlinks. Or you can recreate the link by doing (from bash)
"ln -s postgres.exe postmaster" in the directory where postgres.exe is
stored.

            Dan