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Small problem with pg_ctl.

Keith Parks <emkxp01@mtcc.demon.co.uk> — 2000-02-05T22:55:29Z

I've a problem with pg_ctl.

When attempting to start the postmaster I get :-

bash-2.03$   /usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl -D /usr/local/pgsql/data start
postmaster successfully started up.
bash-2.03$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster does not know where to find the 
database system data.  You must specify the directory that contains the database 
system either by specifying the -D invocation option or by setting the PGDATA 
environment variable.

No data directory -- can't proceed.

I think this small patch should fix it.

Keith.

*** src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.sh.orig       Sat Feb  5 22:29:52 2000
--- src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.sh    Sat Feb  5 22:30:55 2000
***************
*** 76,81 ****
--- 76,82 ----
        -D)
            shift
            PGDATA="$1"
+           export PGDATA
            ;;
        -p)
            shift