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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/initlocation.sgml | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/initlocation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/initlocation.sgml index 92b57502ef6..3f0bbad5793 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/initlocation.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/initlocation.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/Attic/initlocation.sgml,v 1.8 2000/05/26 02:07:15 momjian Exp $ +$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/Attic/initlocation.sgml,v 1.9 2000/05/26 15:47:17 momjian Exp $ Postgres documentation --> @@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ initlocation <replaceable class="parameter">directory</replaceable> To create a database in an alternate location, using an environment variable: <programlisting> $ export PGDATA2=/opt/postgres/data +</programlisting> +Start and stop postmaster so it sees the $PGDATA2 environment variable. +The system must be configured so the postmaster sees $PGDATA2 every time it +starts. +<programlisting> $ initlocation PGDATA2 $ createdb -D 'PGDATA2' 'testdb' </programlisting> |