Re: unable to find data folder postgres9.4

From: John Scalia <jayknowsunix(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: srilinux <srilinux09(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: unable to find data folder postgres9.4
Date: 2017-03-22 14:47:50
Message-ID: CABzCKRAN9x+g+bt5cTyfs0cKJFFmOkGf+Y3xYDjTk-mjk-uj4g@mail.gmail.com
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Well, you could try "find" as root and look for some of the standard
subdirectories for PostgreSQL, subdirs like pg_xlog, pg_clog, pg_logical,
pg_stat, and so forth. Just remember that these are mode 700 for the
postgres user, so a normal user find will not work, you must use postgres
or root.

On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 10:35 AM, srilinux <srilinux09(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Thank you for the reply
>
> I did all kinds of troubleshooting to find the answer
>
> cd /var/lib/pgsql/9.4/data
> -bash: cd: /var/lib/pgsql/9.4/data: No such file or directory
>
> this is the issue
>
> the path refereed is empty
>
> any suggestions ?
>
> I tried find to locate the pg_log and conffiles nothing returned except
> config sameples
>
>
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