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+#!/bin/sh
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# initdb.sh--
+#     Create (initialize) a Postgres database system.  
+# 
+#     A database system is a collection of Postgres databases all managed
+#     by the same postmaster.  
+#
+#     To create the database system, we create the directory that contains
+#     all its data, create the files that hold the global classes, create
+#     a few other control files for it, and create one database:  the
+#     template database.
+#
+#     The template database is an ordinary Postgres database.  Its data
+#     never changes, though.  It exists to make it easy for Postgres to 
+#     create other databases -- it just copies.
+#
+#     Optionally, we can skip creating the database system and just create
+#     (or replace) the template database.
+#
+#     To create all those classes, we run the postgres (backend) program and
+#     feed it data from bki files that are in the Postgres library directory.
+#
+# Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
+#
+#
+# IDENTIFICATION
+#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/initdb/Attic/initdb.sh,v 1.43 1998/07/26 04:22:42 scrappy Exp $
+#
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# ----------------
+#       The _fUnKy_..._sTuFf_ gets set when the script is built (with make)
+#       from parameters set in the make file.
+#
+# ----------------
+
+CMDNAME=`basename $0`
+
+MB=__MB__
+if [  -n "$MB" ];then
+	MBID=`pg_encoding $MB`
+fi
+
+# Find the default PGLIB directory (the directory that contains miscellaneous 
+# files that are part of Postgres).  The user-written program postconfig
+# outputs variable settings like "PGLIB=/usr/lib/whatever".  If it doesn't
+# output a PGLIB value, then there is no default and the user must
+# specify the pglib option.  Postconfig may validly not exist, in which case
+# our invocation of it silently fails.
+
+# The 2>/dev/null is to swallow the "postconfig: not found" message if there
+# is no postconfig.
+
+postconfig_result="`sh -c postconfig 2>/dev/null`"
+if [ ! -z "$postconfig_result" ]; then
+  set -a   # Make the following variable assignment exported to environment
+  eval "$postconfig_result"
+  set +a   # back to normal
+fi
+
+# Set defaults:
+debug=0
+noclean=0
+template_only=0
+POSTGRES_SUPERUSERNAME=$USER
+
+while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]
+do
+# ${ARG#--username=} is not reliable or available on all platforms
+
+    case "$1" in
+        --debug|-d)
+                debug=1
+                echo "Running with debug mode on."
+                ;;
+        --noclean|-n)
+                noclean=1
+                echo "Running with noclean mode on. "
+                     "Mistakes will not be cleaned up."
+                ;;
+        --template|-t)
+                template_only=1
+                echo "updating template1 database only."
+                ;;
+        --username=*)
+                POSTGRES_SUPERUSERNAME="`echo $1 | sed 's/^--username=//'`"
+                ;;
+        -u)
+                shift
+                POSTGRES_SUPERUSERNAME="$1"
+                ;;
+        -u*)
+                POSTGRES_SUPERUSERNAME="`echo $1 | sed 's/^-u//'`"
+                ;;
+        --pgdata=*)
+                PGDATA="`echo $1 | sed 's/^--pgdata=//'`"
+                ;;
+        -r)
+                shift
+                PGDATA="$1"
+                ;;
+        -r*)
+                PGDATA="`echo $1 | sed 's/^-r//'`"
+                ;;
+        --pglib=*)
+                PGLIB="`echo $1 | sed 's/^--pglib=//'`"
+                ;;
+        -l)
+                shift
+                PGLIB="$1"
+                ;;
+        -l*)
+                PGLIB="`echo $1 | sed 's/^-l//'`"
+                ;;
+
+        --pgencoding=*)
+		if [ -z "$MB" ];then
+			echo "MB support seems to be disabled"
+			exit 100
+		fi
+                mb="`echo $1 | sed 's/^--pgencoding=//'`"
+		MBID=`pg_encoding $mb`
+		if [ -z "$MBID" ];then
+			echo "$mb is not a valid encoding name"
+			exit 100
+		fi
+                ;;
+        -e)
+		if [ -z "$MB" ];then
+			echo "MB support seems to be disabled"
+			exit 100
+		fi
+                shift
+		MBID=`pg_encoding $1`
+		if [ -z "$MBID" ];then
+			echo "$1 is not a valid encoding name"
+			exit 100
+		fi
+                ;;
+        -e*)
+		if [ -z "$MB" ];then
+			echo "MB support seems to be disabled"
+			exit 100
+		fi
+                mb="`echo $1 | sed 's/^-e//'`"
+		MBID=`pg_encoding $mb`
+		if [ -z "$MBID" ];then
+			echo "$mb is not a valid encoding name"
+			exit 100
+		fi
+                ;;
+        *)
+                echo "Unrecognized option '$1'.  Syntax is:"
+		if [ -z "$MB" ];then
+                echo "initdb [-t | --template] [-d | --debug]" \
+                     "[-n | --noclean]" \
+                     "[-u SUPERUSER | --username=SUPERUSER]" \
+                     "[-r DATADIR | --pgdata=DATADIR]" \
+                     "[-l LIBDIR | --pglib=LIBDIR]"
+		else
+                echo "initdb [-t | --template] [-d | --debug]" \
+                     "[-n | --noclean]" \
+                     "[-u SUPERUSER | --username=SUPERUSER]" \
+                     "[-r DATADIR | --pgdata=DATADIR]" \
+                     "[-l LIBDIR | --pglib=LIBDIR]" \
+                     "[-e ENCODING | --pgencoding=ENCODING]"
+		fi
+                exit 100
+        esac
+        shift
+done
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Make sure he told us where to find the Postgres files.
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+if [ -z "$PGLIB" ]; then
+    echo "$CMDNAME does not know where to find the files that make up "
+    echo "Postgres (the PGLIB directory).  You must identify the PGLIB "
+    echo "directory either with a --pglib invocation option, or by "
+    echo "setting the PGLIB environment variable, or by having a program "
+    echo "called 'postconfig' in your search path that outputs an asignment "
+    echo "for PGLIB."
+    exit 20
+fi
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Make sure he told us where to build the database system
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+if [ -z "$PGDATA" ]; then
+    echo "$CMDNAME: You must identify the PGDATA directory, where the data"
+    echo "for this database system will reside.  Do this with either a"
+    echo "--pgdata invocation option or a PGDATA environment variable."
+    echo
+    exit 20
+fi
+
+TEMPLATE=$PGLIB/local1_template1.bki.source
+GLOBAL=$PGLIB/global1.bki.source
+TEMPLATE_DESCR=$PGLIB/local1_template1.description
+GLOBAL_DESCR=$PGLIB/global1.description
+PG_HBA_SAMPLE=$PGLIB/pg_hba.conf.sample
+PG_GEQO_SAMPLE=$PGLIB/pg_geqo.sample
+
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Find the input files
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+for PREREQ_FILE in $TEMPLATE $GLOBAL $PG_HBA_SAMPLE; do
+    if [ ! -f $PREREQ_FILE ]; then 
+        echo "$CMDNAME does not find the file '$PREREQ_FILE'."
+        echo "This means you have identified an invalid PGLIB directory."
+        echo "You specify a PGLIB directory with a --pglib invocation "
+        echo "option, a PGLIB environment variable, or a postconfig program."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+done
+
+echo "$CMDNAME: using $TEMPLATE as input to create the template database."
+if [ $template_only -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "$CMDNAME: using $GLOBAL as input to create the global classes."
+    echo "$CMDNAME: using $PG_HBA_SAMPLE as the host-based authentication" \
+         "control file."
+    echo
+fi  
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Figure out who the Postgres superuser for the new database system will be.
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+if [ -z "$POSTGRES_SUPERUSERNAME" ]; then 
+    echo "Can't tell what username to use.  You don't have the USER"
+    echo "environment variable set to your username and didn't specify the "
+    echo "--username option"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+POSTGRES_SUPERUID=`pg_id $POSTGRES_SUPERUSERNAME`
+
+if [ $POSTGRES_SUPERUID = NOUSER ]; then
+    echo "Valid username not given.  You must specify the username for "
+    echo "the Postgres superuser for the database system you are "
+    echo "initializing, either with the --username option or by default "
+    echo "to the USER environment variable."
+    exit 10
+fi
+
+if [ $POSTGRES_SUPERUID -ne `pg_id` -a `pg_id` -ne 0 ]; then 
+    echo "Only the unix superuser may initialize a database with a different"
+    echo "Postgres superuser.  (You must be able to create files that belong"
+    echo "to the specified unix user)."
+    exit 2
+fi
+
+echo "We are initializing the database system with username" \
+  "$POSTGRES_SUPERUSERNAME (uid=$POSTGRES_SUPERUID)."   
+echo "This user will own all the files and must also own the server process."
+echo
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Create the data directory if necessary
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# umask must disallow access to group, other for files and dirs
+umask 077
+
+if [ -f "$PGDATA/PG_VERSION" ]; then
+    if [ $template_only -eq 0 ]; then
+        echo "$CMDNAME: error: File $PGDATA/PG_VERSION already exists."
+        echo "This probably means initdb has already been run and the "
+        echo "database system already exists."
+        echo 
+        echo "If you want to create a new database system, either remove "
+        echo "the $PGDATA directory or run initdb with a --pgdata option "
+        echo "other than $PGDATA."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+else
+    if [ ! -d $PGDATA ]; then
+        echo "Creating Postgres database system directory $PGDATA"
+        echo
+        mkdir $PGDATA
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then exit 5; fi
+    fi
+    if [ ! -d $PGDATA/base ]; then
+        echo "Creating Postgres database system directory $PGDATA/base"
+        echo
+        mkdir $PGDATA/base
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then exit 5; fi
+    fi
+fi
+
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Create the template1 database
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+rm -rf $PGDATA/base/template1
+mkdir $PGDATA/base/template1
+
+if [ "$debug" -eq 1 ]; then
+    BACKEND_TALK_ARG="-d"
+else
+    BACKEND_TALK_ARG="-Q"
+fi
+
+BACKENDARGS="-boot -C -F -D$PGDATA $BACKEND_TALK_ARG"
+
+echo "$CMDNAME: creating template database in $PGDATA/base/template1"
+echo "Running: postgres $BACKENDARGS template1"
+
+cat $TEMPLATE \
+| sed -e "s/postgres PGUID/$POSTGRES_SUPERUSERNAME $POSTGRES_SUPERUID/" \
+      -e "s/PGUID/$POSTGRES_SUPERUID/" \
+| postgres $BACKENDARGS template1
+
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "$CMDNAME: could not create template database"
+    if [ $noclean -eq 0 ]; then
+        echo "$CMDNAME: cleaning up by wiping out $PGDATA/base/template1"
+        rm -rf $PGDATA/base/template1
+    else
+        echo "$CMDNAME: cleanup not done because noclean options was used."
+    fi
+    exit 1;
+fi
+
+echo
+
+pg_version $PGDATA/base/template1
+
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Create the global classes, if requested.
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+if [ $template_only -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "Creating global classes in $PG_DATA/base"
+    echo "Running: postgres $BACKENDARGS template1"
+
+    cat $GLOBAL \
+    | sed -e "s/postgres PGUID/$POSTGRES_SUPERUSERNAME $POSTGRES_SUPERUID/" \
+        -e "s/PGUID/$POSTGRES_SUPERUID/" \
+    | postgres $BACKENDARGS template1
+
+    if (test $? -ne 0)
+    then
+        echo "$CMDNAME: could not create global classes."
+        if (test $noclean -eq 0); then
+            echo "$CMDNAME: cleaning up."
+            rm -rf $PGDATA
+        else
+            echo "$CMDNAME: cleanup not done (noclean mode set)."
+        fi
+        exit 1;
+    fi
+
+    echo
+
+    pg_version $PGDATA
+
+    cp $PG_HBA_SAMPLE $PGDATA/pg_hba.conf
+    cp $PG_GEQO_SAMPLE $PGDATA/pg_geqo.sample
+
+    echo "Adding template1 database to pg_database..."
+
+    echo "open pg_database" > /tmp/create.$$
+    if [ -z "$MB" ];then
+	echo "insert (template1 $POSTGRES_SUPERUID template1)" >> /tmp/create.$$
+    else
+	echo "insert (template1 $POSTGRES_SUPERUID $MBID template1)" >> /tmp/create.$$
+    fi
+    #echo "show" >> /tmp/create.$$
+    echo "close pg_database" >> /tmp/create.$$
+
+    echo "Running: postgres $BACKENDARGS template1 < /tmp/create.$$"
+
+    postgres $BACKENDARGS template1 < /tmp/create.$$ 
+
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+        echo "$CMDNAME: could not log template database"
+        if [ $noclean -eq 0 ]; then
+            echo "$CMDNAME: cleaning up."
+            rm -rf $PGDATA
+        else
+            echo "$CMDNAME: cleanup not done (noclean mode set)."
+        fi
+        exit 1;
+    fi
+    rm -f /tmp/create.$$
+fi
+
+echo
+
+PGSQL_OPT="-o /dev/null -F -Q -D$PGDATA"
+
+# If the COPY is first, the VACUUM generates an error, so we vacuum first
+echo "vacuuming template1"
+echo "vacuum" | postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null
+
+echo "COPY pg_shadow TO '$PGDATA/pg_pwd' USING DELIMITERS '\\t'" | \
+	postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null
+
+echo "creating public pg_user view"
+echo "CREATE TABLE xpg_user (		\
+	    usename	name,		\
+	    usesysid	int4,		\
+	    usecreatedb	bool,		\
+	    usetrace	bool,		\
+	    usesuper	bool,		\
+	    usecatupd	bool,		\
+	    passwd		text,		\
+	    valuntil	abstime);" | postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null
+
+#move it into pg_user
+echo "UPDATE pg_class SET relname = 'pg_user' WHERE relname = 'xpg_user';" |\
+	postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null
+echo "UPDATE pg_type SET typname = 'pg_user' WHERE typname = 'xpg_user';" |\
+	postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null
+mv $PGDATA/base/template1/xpg_user $PGDATA/base/template1/pg_user
+
+echo "CREATE RULE _RETpg_user AS ON SELECT TO pg_user DO INSTEAD	\
+	    SELECT usename, usesysid, usecreatedb, usetrace,		\
+	           usesuper, usecatupd, '********'::text as passwd,	\
+		   valuntil FROM pg_shadow;" | \
+	postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null
+echo "REVOKE ALL on pg_shadow FROM public" | \
+	postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null
+
+echo "loading pg_description"
+echo "copy pg_description from '$TEMPLATE_DESCR'" | \
+	postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null
+echo "copy pg_description from '$GLOBAL_DESCR'" | \
+	postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null
+echo "vacuum analyze" | \
+	postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null