Re: Alternate database locations

On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Glen Parker wrote:

> your init script is using the '-s /bin/sh' argument to 'su', which means
> bash runs in compat mode (sh is a soft link to bash on linux), and does not
> use .bash_profile. you need to set up a file ~postgres/.profile (along side
> of .bash_profile) and put your PGDATA2 environment export in there, or
> possibly source .profile from .bash_profile. restart the postmaster and it
> should now work.

Glen,

I'll be darned! I haven't learned this about shells in the four years I've
been running linux here. Sure makes a difference 'cause now the alternate
location works. Perhaps this ought to go into the docs somewhere -- or a
FAQ.

Many thanks!

Rich

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