Re: PostgreSQL Easy NT attempt

Joerg Hessdoerfer wrote:

> Hi!
>
> At 08:46 15.08.00 -0700, you wrote:
> >NT4 sp4
> >Unzipped to c:\
> >Got the following error for install.bat...
> >
> >bash.exe: warning: could not find /tmp, please create!
>
> OOoops - I forgot to mkdir/export /tmp - will be fixed shortly.
>
> >Please specify your database directory
> >(the directory where your databases should be)
> >in the form x/folder1/.../lastfolder
> >where "x" is your drive letter, and "/folder1/.../lastfolder" are
> >slash "/" separated directories.
> >Example: if your DB should be in "G:\PostgreSQL\data" you would
> >specify "g/PostgreSQL/data"
> >DB path>
>
> At 08:58 15.08.00 -0700, you wrote:
> >Creating database system directory /cygdrive/exit
> >mkdir: cannot make directory `/cygdrive/exit': No such file or directory

I ran initdb.bat, the above was the result. I "did not" get a DB path>
prompt.

>
>
> What did you specify to above question? (The 'DB path>' prompt?) "exit"?
> You should give it some meaningful path, e.g. "c/database", where "c" is
> the drive letter.
>
> Greetings, Joe
>
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