diff --git a/src/bin/initlocation/Makefile b/src/bin/initlocation/Makefile
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+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# Makefile.inc--
+#    Makefile for bin/initlocation
+#
+# Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
+#
+#
+# IDENTIFICATION
+#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/initlocation/Attic/Makefile,v 1.1 1997/11/07 06:21:34 thomas Exp $
+#
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+SRCDIR= ../..
+include ../../Makefile.global
+
+SEDSCRIPT= \
+    -e "s^_fUnKy_NAMEDATALEN_sTuFf_^$(NAMEDATALEN)^g" \
+    -e "s^_fUnKy_OIDNAMELEN_sTuFf_^$(OIDNAMELEN)^g" 
+
+all: initlocation
+
+initlocation: initlocation.sh
+	cp -p initlocation.sh initlocation
+
+install: initlocation
+	$(INSTALL) $(INSTL_EXE_OPTS) $< $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/$<
+
+clean:
+	rm -f initlocation
+
+dep:
diff --git a/src/bin/initlocation/initlocation b/src/bin/initlocation/initlocation
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+#!/bin/sh
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# initarea.sh--
+#     Create (initialize) a secondary Postgres database storage area.  
+# 
+#     A database storage area contains individual Postgres databases.
+#
+#     To create the database storage area, we create a root directory tree.
+#
+# Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
+#
+#
+# IDENTIFICATION
+#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/initlocation/Attic/initlocation,v 1.1 1997/11/07 06:21:38 thomas Exp $
+#
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+CMDNAME=`basename $0`
+
+while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]
+do
+	case "$1" in
+		--location=*) PGALTDATA="`echo $1 | sed 's/^--pgdata=//'`"; ;;
+		--username=*) POSTGRES_SUPERUSERNAME="`echo $1 | sed 's/^--username=//'`" ;;
+
+		--location) shift; PGALTDATA="$1"; ;;
+		--username) shift; POSTGRES_SUPERUSERNAME="$1"; ;;
+
+		-u) shift; POSTGRES_SUPERUSERNAME="$1"; ;;
+		-D) shift; PGALTDATA="$1"; ;;
+		-*) badparm=$1; usage=1; ;;
+		*) PGALTDATA="$1"; ;;
+	esac
+	shift
+done
+
+if [ ! -z "$badparm" ]; then
+	echo "$CMDNAME: Unrecognized parameter '$badparm'"
+fi
+
+if [ ! -z "$usage" ]; then
+	echo "Usage: $CMDNAME [-u SUPERUSER] DATADIR"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Make sure he told us where to build the database area
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+if [ -z "$PGALTDATA" ]; then
+	echo "$CMDNAME: You must identify the target area, where the new data"
+	echo "for this database system can reside.  Do this with --location"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Figure out who the Postgres superuser for the new database system will be.
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+if [ 1 -eq 0 ]; then
+if [ -z "$POSTGRES_SUPERUSERNAME" ]; then 
+	$POSTGRES_SUPERUSERNAME=pg_id
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$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 1
+fi
+
+if [ $POSTGRES_SUPERUID -ne `pg_id` -a `pg_id` -ne 0 ]; then 
+	echo "Only the unix superuser may initialize a database with a different"
+	echo "Postgres superuser.  (You must be able to create files that belong"
+	echo "to the specified unix user)."
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "We are initializing the database area with username" \
+	"$POSTGRES_SUPERUSERNAME (uid=$POSTGRES_SUPERUID)."   
+echo "This user will own all the files and must also own the server process."
+echo
+fi
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Create the data directory if necessary
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# umask must disallow access to group, other for files and dirs
+umask 077
+
+if [ ! -d $PGALTDATA ]; then
+	echo "Creating Postgres database system directory $PGALTDATA"
+	echo
+	mkdir $PGALTDATA
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then exit 1; fi
+fi
+if [ ! -d $PGALTDATA/base ]; then
+	echo "Creating Postgres database system directory $PGALTDATA/base"
+	echo
+	mkdir $PGALTDATA/base
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then exit 1; fi
+fi
+
+exit
diff --git a/src/bin/initlocation/initlocation.sh b/src/bin/initlocation/initlocation.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# initarea.sh--
+#     Create (initialize) a secondary Postgres database storage area.  
+# 
+#     A database storage area contains individual Postgres databases.
+#
+#     To create the database storage area, we create a root directory tree.
+#
+# Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
+#
+#
+# IDENTIFICATION
+#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/initlocation/Attic/initlocation.sh,v 1.1 1997/11/07 06:21:39 thomas Exp $
+#
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+CMDNAME=`basename $0`
+
+while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]
+do
+	case "$1" in
+		--location=*) PGALTDATA="`echo $1 | sed 's/^--pgdata=//'`"; ;;
+		--username=*) POSTGRES_SUPERUSERNAME="`echo $1 | sed 's/^--username=//'`" ;;
+
+		--location) shift; PGALTDATA="$1"; ;;
+		--username) shift; POSTGRES_SUPERUSERNAME="$1"; ;;
+
+		-u) shift; POSTGRES_SUPERUSERNAME="$1"; ;;
+		-D) shift; PGALTDATA="$1"; ;;
+		-*) badparm=$1; usage=1; ;;
+		*) PGALTDATA="$1"; ;;
+	esac
+	shift
+done
+
+if [ -n "$badparm" ]; then
+	echo "$CMDNAME: Unrecognized parameter '$badparm'"
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$usage" ]; then
+	echo "Usage: $CMDNAME [-u SUPERUSER] DATADIR"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Make sure he told us where to build the database area
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+if [ -z "$PGALTDATA" ]; then
+	echo "$CMDNAME: You must identify the target area, where the new data"
+	echo "for this database system can reside.  Do this with --location"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Figure out who the Postgres superuser for the new database system will be.
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+if [ 1 -eq 0 ]; then
+if [ -z "$POSTGRES_SUPERUSERNAME" ]; then 
+	$POSTGRES_SUPERUSERNAME=pg_id
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$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 1
+fi
+
+if [ $POSTGRES_SUPERUID -ne `pg_id` -a `pg_id` -ne 0 ]; then 
+	echo "Only the unix superuser may initialize a database with a different"
+	echo "Postgres superuser.  (You must be able to create files that belong"
+	echo "to the specified unix user)."
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "We are initializing the database area with username" \
+	"$POSTGRES_SUPERUSERNAME (uid=$POSTGRES_SUPERUID)."   
+echo "This user will own all the files and must also own the server process."
+echo
+fi
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Create the data directory if necessary
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# umask must disallow access to group, other for files and dirs
+umask 077
+
+if [ ! -d $PGALTDATA ]; then
+	echo "Creating Postgres database system directory $PGALTDATA"
+	echo
+	mkdir $PGALTDATA
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then exit 1; fi
+fi
+if [ ! -d $PGALTDATA/base ]; then
+	echo "Creating Postgres database system directory $PGALTDATA/base"
+	echo
+	mkdir $PGALTDATA/base
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then exit 1; fi
+fi
+
+exit