I am using 7.1.2 on red hat 7.1 I compiled postgres myself On Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 08:16:35PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > man creatdb says -D supposed to be specify the > alternative location > > I try (as postgres user) > > $ createdb -D /bla bla > > and it says > > absolute path are not allowed. > > Then I read man initlocation. The example > I see is > > $ initlocation /opt/postgres/data > $ createdb -D /opt/postgres/data/testdb testdb > > so I do the same and it fails with the same reason > > Does anyone have any idea? > > thanks > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? > > http://www.postgresql.org/search.mpl ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html
