Re: Where is 'createdb'?

2012-11-01 16:32 keltezéssel, Kevin Burton írta:
>
> This is probably a question for the authors of a book I have been reading but it may be
> faster to get an answer here.
>
> I was trying to follow along in a book 'Seven Databases in Seven Weeks' and chapter 2
> deals with PostgreSQL. One of the first things it does is issue a command 'createdb
> book'. The text before this command says, "Once you have Postgres installed, create a
> schema called book using the following command: $ createdb book' But when I tried to
> issue this command (at a Linux command prompt) I get 'createdb command not found'. Are
> the authors out of date? What is the current command?
>
> Kevin
>

The instructions start with "Once you have Postgres installed...".
Since the command is not available, you don't have Postgres installed.

$ which createdb
/usr/bin/createdb
$ rpm -q --whatprovides /usr/bin/createdb
postgresql-9.1.6-1.fc17.x86_64

Best regards,
Zoltán Böszörményi

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