Re: initdb mkdir_p() doesn't work

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: initdb mkdir_p() doesn't work
Date: 2003-11-23 19:09:51
Message-ID: 3FC105FF.5010100@dunslane.net
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:

>Here is what I get:
>
>peter ~$ pg-install/bin/initdb pg-install/var/data
>...
>creating directory pg-install/var/data ... initdb: failed
>
>No points for details in the error message here either.
>
>If I create pg-install/var first, then it work.
>

I will check it out. I know I spent quite some time making sure this
worked, but I might have missed something obvious. I wonder if it is
platform specific?

cheers

andrew

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