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66 lines
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.\" This is -*-nroff-*-
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.\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here....
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.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/man/Attic/initdb.1,v 1.1.1.1 1996/08/18 22:14:24 scrappy Exp $
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.TH INITDB UNIX 11/05/95 Postgres95 Postgres95
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.SH NAME
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initdb \(em initalize the database templates and primary directories
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.BR "initdb"
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[\c
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.BR "-v"
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]
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[\c
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.BR "-d"
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]
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[\c
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.BR "-n"
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]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.IR Initdb
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sets up the initial template databases and is normally executed as
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part of the installation process. The template database is created
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under the directory specified by the the environment variable
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.SM PGDATA,
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or to a default specified at compile-time. The template database
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is then
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.BR vacuum ed.
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.PP
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.IR Initdb
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is a shell script that invokes the backend server directly. Hence, it
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must be executed by the Postgres super-user.
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.PP
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.IR Initdb
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understands the following command-line options:
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.TP
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.BR "-v"
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Produce verbose output, printing messages stating where the
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directories are being created, etc.
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.TP
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.BR "-d"
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Print debugging output from the backend server. This option generates
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a tremendous amount of information. This option also turns off the
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final vacuuming step.
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.TP
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.BR "-n"
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Run in \*(lqnoclean\*(rq mode. By default,
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.IR initdb
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cleans up (recursively unlinks) the data directory if any error
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occurs, which also removes any core files left by the backend server.
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This option inhibits any tidying-up.
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.SH FILES
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.TP
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\&$PGDATA/base
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The location of global (shared) classes.
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.TP
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\&$PGDATA/base/template1
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The location of the template database.
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.TP
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\&$PGDATA/files/{global1,local1_template1}.bki
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Command files used to generate the global and template databases,
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generated and installed by the initial compilation process.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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createdb(1),
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vacuum(l),
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bki(files),
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template(files).
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