Re: initdb error message

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Susanne Ebrecht <miracee(at)miracee(dot)de>
Subject: Re: initdb error message
Date: 2007-03-23 12:34:19
Message-ID: 200703231334.20108.peter_e@gmx.net
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Am Freitag, 23. März 2007 11:44 schrieb Susanne Ebrecht:
> I tried an initdb and got a error message about no space left on device
> and semaphores stuff (the message was in german, because my system is
> german, that's the reason, I don't paste this message here).
>
> No hint, that I just have forgotten, to stop the daemon.
>
> Is it possible to add a hint in that error message, that maybe just
> the daemon is still running?

If a daemon is still running in the same directory, you will get an error
message that the directory still exists. Therefore, the daemon must be
running in a different directory, and there is no definite reason why you
should stop that one. It might be serving some other application.

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Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/

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