| From: | Tovo Rabemanantsoa <tovo(at)bordeaux(dot)inra(dot)fr> |
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| Subject: | Re: How do I determine my data dir for a created database for pg_ctl? |
| Date: | 2008-08-20 06:33:35 |
| Message-ID: | 48ABBABF.4060701@bordeaux.inra.fr |
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Matthew Pettis wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a database I can psql into... How can I determine what its
> absolute path is so I can use pg_ctl on it to restart it? Because
> when I use pg_ctl, it tells me I have to provide it in the -D flag as
> an argument.
>
> Thanks,
> matt
>
Hello,
I use postgresql on a linux ubuntu platform and the path used by default is /etc/postgresql/8.1/main/pgdata
In reality, this path is a symbolic link to /var/lib/postgresql/8.1/main
I suppose that in the other linux distros, it's near this configuration.
Hope this helps
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