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