Creating a database

Hi

I am trying to create a database and use the following command:
'createdb <database-name>'

However I get the following error:
ERROR: CREATE DATABASE: could not initialize database directory
createdb: database creation failed

I am pretty sure that the database is up and running, I used the command
'ps -aux | grep "postures"' and got back the following :
postgres 9510 0.0 0.3 1292 512 pts/2 S 11:22 0:00 grep
postures

I was hopeing(praying!) if anyone could help me...

Thanks a lot,

Richie

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Richie Duggan
Computer Science IV
University College Cork
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