On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 1:57 AM, Thara Vadakkeveedu <tharagv(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:
> I accidentally deleted data directory this morning
> (/var/lib/postgresql/9.2/data)
>
What a start of a day!
> I tried su - postgres
> and then from the bash shell I tried to run these commands (tried one at a
> time)
> but I got the message that address was in use. There are no processes
> running on 5432.
I suspect if it gives you such an error there must something bound to
the address. Have you tried to execute nmap against the IPv4 address
your server is listening on (or supposed to be listening on)?
Luca