RE: Re: Re: How to install on Windows?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Erick Papadakis [mailto:erick_papadakis(at)yahoo(dot)com]
> Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2001 9:13 AM
> To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: [GENERAL] Re: Re: How to install on Windows?
>
>
> hi fabrice,
>
> thanks for taking the time to write that. i have indeed read
> the manual
> (however thin it is), and i have seen several postgresql
> sites, searched on
> google/av/fast - but there is *nothing* that tells me what to
> do with the
> cygwin thingie. i am sorry for being a newbie, but i would
> appreciate if you
> could tell me what is "initb"?

That's "initdb" There is a man page for it.

cygwin is a library that lets you build UNIX source on an MS Win
box. It should come with it's own docs.

Do you _really_ need to run under Windows?
Not many people use MS Win so there are not many who can help
you here.