| From: | Peter Eisentraut <e99re41(at)DoCS(dot)UU(dot)SE> |
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| To: | "J(dot)R(dot)" <jrbelding(at)yahoo(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: createdb -- alternate locations |
| Date: | 2000-05-26 12:00:16 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.GSO.4.02A.10005261358570.12244-100000@Falk.DoCS.UU.SE |
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On Thu, 25 May 2000, J.R. wrote:
> mkdir /home/postgres/testdata
> export PGDATA2=/home/postgres/testdata
> initlocation PGDATA2
> createdb testdb -D 'PGDATA2'
You need to set the PGDATA2 environment variable in the environment of the
postmaster. That is, shut it down, export xxx, restart. Not ideal, I know,
but we're working on it.
>
> the last command failed with this error:
> "The database path 'PGDATA2' in invalid. This may be due to a character
> that is not allowed or because the chosen path isn't permitted for
> databases"
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