Re: [PATCH] Bug fix in initdb output

On Mon, Mar 1, 2021 at 7:50 PM Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>
wrote:

> On 2021-Mar-01, Juan José Santamaría Flecha wrote:
>
> > This is not a problem with the APi, but the shell. e.g. when using a CMD:
> >
> > - This works:
> > c:\>c:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe
> > c:\>c:/Windows/System32/notepad.exe
> > c:\>/Windows/System32/notepad.exe
> >
> > - This doesn't:
> > c:\>./Windows/System32/notepad.exe
> > '.' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> > operable program or batch file.
> > c:\>Windows/System32/notepad.exe
> > 'Windows' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> > operable program or batch file.
>
> Ah, so another way to fix it would be to make the path to pg_ctl be
> absolute?
>

Yes, that's right. If you call initdb with an absolute path you won't see a
problem.

Regards,

Juan José Santamaría Flecha