Re: Minor improvement for creating directory structure
Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
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On Thu, May 9, 2019 at 05:59:12PM -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > On 2019-May-09, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 07:40:16AM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote: > > > The following documentation comment has been logged on the website: > > > > > > Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/install-short.html > > > Description: > > > > > > 1) > > > $ mkdir /usr/local/pgsql/data > > > mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/usr/local/pgsql/data’: No such file or > > > directory > > > > My docs say: > > > > -p, --parents > > no error if existing, make parent directories as needed > > > > While I can see the value of "make parent directories as needed", having > > it do "no error if existing" could be bad. > > Why? initdb is going to fail anyway if it contains anything. I guess you would want to know right away. -- Bruce Momjian <[email protected]> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + As you are, so once was I. As I am, so you will be. + + Ancient Roman grave inscription +