Re: Postgres not getting logged in from command prompt

On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Albe Laurenz <laurenz(dot)albe(at)wien(dot)gv(dot)at> wrote:
> Himanshu Joshi wrote:
>> I am getting a below mentioned strange error while logging
> into
>> postgres from linux command prompt. It is working fine with
> GUI(pgAdmin
>> III). I am using postgres version 8.4SS.
>> Himanshu
>> # cd /opt/PostgresPlus/8.4SS/
>> # bin/psql -Upostgres -p
>> bin/psql: line 1: bzip2,: command not found
>> bin/psql: line 3: usage:: command not found
>> bin/psql: line 5: -h: command not found
>> bin/psql: line 6: -d: command not found
>> bin/psql: line 7: -z: command not found
>> bin/psql: line 8: syntax error near unexpected token `('
>> bin/psql: line 8: ` -k --keep keep (don't delete) input
> files'
>> #
>>
>> I have already given the restart to postgres as well as the server
> many
>> times, but it didnt worked.
>> Plz suggest any solution for that.
>
> That looks like bin/psql is not an executable but a text file,
> which it should not be.
>
> How did you install PostgreSQL? What is in that file and how
> did it get there?

From the paths, it appears to be the EnterpriseDB Postgres Plus
product. You might have better luck trying to ask your question over
in their forums.

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