Thanks for the reply.. Let me execute in the newly built setup. On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 11:50 AM, Francisco Olarte <fola...@peoplecall.com> wrote:
> Azim > > On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 6:36 PM, Azimuddin Mohammed <azim...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hello I have a question regrading initdb, > > My understanding of initdb is when we execute it it will create the > > directory structure in /data. > > My question is when we run initdb when we already have a database running > > and for some reason I run this command what happens to my existing actual > > data does it get flushed out ? In that case what is the best practice > here? > > I think initdb refuses to run when given an existent non empty > directory, but cannot find anything in its doc page... > > Ok, after a little googling I've found "initdb will refuse to run if > the data directory exists and already contains files; this is to > prevent accidentally overwriting an existing installation." in the > server setup / creating cluster docs ( > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/static/creating-cluster.html ). > > Francisco Olarte. > -- Regards, Azim
