chamal desilva <chamalsl(at)yahoo(dot)com> writes:
> Hi,
>
> i installed postgresql with rpm files. But i did not
> get the /usr/local/pgsql/data dierectory to start the
> postmaster. please help.
It gets put in /var/lib/pgsql/data by the RPM install.
You don't have to do anything special--just do
/etc/init.d/postgresql start
as root and it will initdb for you (the first time, not every time of
course).
-Doug