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- ." $Header: /usr/local/cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/initlocation.1,v 1.2 1998/01/11 22:17:38 momjian Exp $
- .TH INITDB UNIX 11/05/97 PostgreSQL
- .SH NAME
- initlocation - create a new Postgres storage area
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- .BR "initlocation"
- .IR "directory"
- .PP
- .BR "initlocation"
- .IR "$environment_variable"
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- .IR initlocation
- creates a new Postgres database storage area. A storage area contains
- distinct Postgres databases, with each database in a separate directory
- and managed by a single postmaster.
- .PP
- Creating a database storage area consists of creating the directories in which
- the database data will live.
- There are 2 types of arguments for
- .IR initlocation .
- First, you can specify an explicit
- absolute path to the top directory of the storage area.
- Second, you can specify an environment variable (e.g. $PGDATA2).
- This environment variable should be known to the backend for later use in
- .IR "create database" .
- In either case Postgres will add /base/
- to the specified path to create the storage area.
- .SH "SEE ALSO"
- create_database(l),
- initdb(1).