Re: How do i get the location or -D paramter to accept a windows path using cygwin postgresql

Chris,

[...]
>I am trying to create a new database at the location E:\PGdbs on a
>system running cygwin postgresql.
[...]
>
>Is there a workaround of some kind?
>
[...]

Yes, e.g. by replacing "E:\PGdbs" with `cygpath -u "E:\\PGdbs"` (note the double backslash) or with `cygpath -u E:/PGdbs`. In both cases the $() shell notation could be used instead of `` (`cygpath -u "E:\\PGdbs"` becomes $(cygpath -u "E:\\PGdbs") ).
As a note, reading at least "Cygwin User's Guide" ( http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/cygwin-ug-net.html ) could also help many users of cygwin enabled applications.

SLao

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