On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 11:42 AM, Ken Irving <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 05, 2008 at 06:28:03PM -0900, Ken Irving wrote: >> On Sat, Dec 06, 2008 at 10:03:04AM +0800, ????????? wrote: >> > I have installed postgresql 8.3 from debian package, and i'm reading >> > the official document from postgresql, the document says after >> > installing the database, it needs to create data folder and specify >> > log file to initiate the database, like this: >> > --------------- >> > mkdir /usr/local/pgsql/data >> > chown postgres /usr/local/pgsql/data >> > su - postgres >> > /usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data >> > /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres -D /usr/local/pgsql/data >logfile 2>&1 & >> > ----------------- >> > but i cannot find the folder in my debian installation, i think they >> > are at some location else, where is it? thanks > > Taking another look at this, the instructions show to create a > directory for your data owned by the postgres user, and then to > run a couple of commands on it, initdb and postgres. My guess > would be that those would be found in /usr/bin/ and so in the > root user's path, but in any case should be in some bin/ directory > somewhere. > > Some things to try... > > man initdb > man postgres > man -k postgres > dpgk -L PACKAGE_NAME | grep bin/ > > Or wait a day and use locate initdb, if for some reason you want to know > where it is. Maybe there's something under /var/, e.g., if the debian > package has configured a default location for the database. > > In any case, you're not starting from scratch (as the upstream docs > probably assume), you're using debian! > > Ken > > -- > Ken Irving > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > thank you for your advice, i found in the /etc/postgresql: --------------- data_directory = '/var/lib/postgresql/8.3/main' --------------- and i found the /var/log/postgresql i hope i'm right :)
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