Re: Changing/Specifying Data Dir to postmaster Service
Mike G <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.db.postgresql.cygwin |
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Hello, You need to do an initdb and specify the directory you want to install / start it in. Of course you will have to backup your data first and then restore the dump(s) after the initdb. Then you must also remove the postmaster service and re-install using the new path etc. HTH. Mike On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 20:24, CSN wrote: > I installed the postmaster service using: > > cygrunsrv --install postmaster --path > /usr/bin/postmaster --args "-D /var/postgresql/data > -i" --dep cygserver --termsig INT --user postgres > --shutdown > > How can I start it using another data directory? > > Thanks, > CSN > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [email protected] ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster