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$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/Attic/initlocation.sgml,v 1.8 2000/05/26 02:07:15 momjian Exp $
Postgres documentation
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<refentry id="APP-INITLOCATION">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle id="APP-INITLOCATION-TITLE">
<application>initlocation</application>
</refentrytitle>
<refmiscinfo>Application</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>
<application>initlocation</application>
</refname>
<refpurpose>
Create a secondary <productname>Postgres</productname> database storage area
</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<refsynopsisdivinfo>
<date>2000-01-17</date>
</refsynopsisdivinfo>
<synopsis>
initlocation <replaceable class="parameter">directory</replaceable>
</synopsis>
<refsect2 id="R2-APP-INITLOCATION-1">
<refsect2info>
<date>1998-10-02</date>
</refsect2info>
<title>
Inputs
</title>
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="parameter">directory</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Where in your Unix filesystem do you want alternate databases to go?
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect2>
<refsect2 id="R2-APP-INITLOCATION-2">
<refsect2info>
<date>1998-09-26</date>
</refsect2info>
<title>
Outputs
</title>
<para>
<application>initlocation</application> will create directories in
the specified place.
</para>
</refsect2>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1 id="R1-APP-INITLOCATION-1">
<refsect1info>
<date>1998-09-26</date>
</refsect1info>
<title>
Description
</title>
<para>
<application>initlocation</application>
creates a new <productname>Postgres</productname> secondary database storage area.
See the discussion under <xref linkend="SQL-CREATEDATABASE" endterm="SQL-CREATEDATABASE-title">
about how to manage and use secondary storage areas. If the argument does not contain
a slash and is not valid as a path, it is assumed to be an environment variable,
which is referenced. See the examples at the end.
</para>
<para>
In order to use this command you must be logged in (using 'su', for example)
the database superuser.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="R1-APP-INITLOCATION-2">
<refsect1info>
<date>1998-09-26</date>
</refsect1info>
<title>
Usage
</title>
<para>
To create a database in an alternate location, using an environment variable:
<programlisting>
$ export PGDATA2=/opt/postgres/data
$ initlocation PGDATA2
$ createdb -D 'PGDATA2' 'testdb'
</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
Alternatively, if you allow absolute paths you could write:
<programlisting>
$ initlocation /opt/postgres/data
$ createdb -D '/opt/postgres/data/testdb' testdb
</programlisting>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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