Re: deleting db cluster

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Ulas Albayrak <ulas(dot)albayrak(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: deleting db cluster
Date: 2010-08-03 15:33:26
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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(dot)albayrak(at)gmail(dot)com
>

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