| From: | "Ricardo Ryoiti S(dot) Junior" <suga(at)netbsd(dot)com(dot)br> |
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| To: | john(dot)murdoch(at)ig(dot)com(dot)br |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Postmaster error (newbie questian) |
| Date: | 2003-03-20 06:03:42 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.NEB.4.44.0303200302010.11662-100000@unix-svr01.interno |
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Ola,
On Thu, 20 Mar 2003 john(dot)murdoch(at)ig(dot)com(dot)br wrote:
> Hello
> I installed the postgre 7.2.3 from rpm files of my distro. (Conectiva8)
> I am trying to execute postmaster, but the console show this message.
> postmaster does not know where to find the database system data.
> You must specify the directory that contains the database system
> either by specifying the -D invocation option or by setting the
> PGDATA environment variable.
> and I don't know what directory is this PGDATA.
> Thanks for your time
Did you have 4 minutes do read a simple documentation? I guess
not. :)
./initdb ../data
./pg_ctl -D ../data start
[]s
Ricardo
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