Re: Customising pg directories

Thanks too... :)

--Raghav

On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Ben Carbery <ben(dot)carbery(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Too easy, thanks.
>
> On 28 June 2012 18:38, Raghavendra <raghavendra(dot)rao(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
> wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 1:20 PM, Ben Carbery <ben(dot)carbery(at)gmail(dot)com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I am building a new server with a separate partition for data and
> >> xlogs. What is the correct way to do this?
> >>
> >> Can I create a symlink from /var/lib/pgsql/9.1/data -> /pg_data (and
> >> then a symlink in /pgdata for xlogs-> /pg_xlog)
> >> Or do I have to modify $PGDATA in the init script?
> >>
> >> This is all after installing packages but prior to 'service
> >> postgresql-91 initdb'
> >>
> >> cheers
> >>
> >
> > initdb --pgdata <datadirectory> --xlogdir <pg_xlog location>, is the
> command
> > which suit's your requirement.
> >
> > This command will take care of creating symblinks as well.
> >
> > ---
> > Regards,
> > Raghavendra
> > EnterpriseDB Corporation
> > Blog: http://raghavt.blogspot.com/
> >
>