| From: | Richard Broersma Jr <rabroersma(at)yahoo(dot)com> |
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| To: | sasan3(at)gmail(dot)com, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: PGDATA |
| Date: | 2006-11-24 21:09:01 |
| Message-ID: | 20061124210901.5681.qmail@web31812.mail.mud.yahoo.com |
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> I just can't understand the use of this PGDATA variable!!!!!
>
> -I am on FC3. (pgl 7.4)
> -I am installing rpms and then running /etc/init.d/postgresql start
> (which is done by default)
> -The resulting "data" directory is in /var/lib/pgsql/data
>
> I now want the "data" directory to be on
> /home3/myreallylargepartition/pgsql/data
> so:
>
> -I login as postgres
> -I change .bash_profile so that PGDATA points at the new directory
> -I restart the server by doing a "/etc/init.d/postgresql restart"
>
> Shouldn't any new tables I create be in the new area?!!!!!
>
Well not really, I bet /etc/init.d/postgresql is getting its variables from
/etc/conf.d/postgresql. you will have to find it there and change it.
Regards,
Richard Broersma Jr.
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