Re: restoring a file system backed-up data dir

oops, my mistake the exit code is 0 not 127.

--- Richard Broersma Jr <rabroersma(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:

> My test server's sw/raid array recently died where I kept my PostgreSQL data directory. I have
> both a full dump of the database and a file system back-up of the data directory.
>
> I tried to restore my file system back-up first since it is a "fresher" copy. However, I am
> unable to start postgres. The exit status I get from pg_ctl is "127" but I haven't yet found
> any
> documentation relating to it exit-codes. There are no logs file created when I try to start up
> postgresql, so I am a little unsure as to what direction I should take.
>
> Should I just make do with the older pg_dump file and re-initdb or is there a way to salvage the
> restored file system back-up.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Broersma Jr.
>
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