Re: createdb -- alternate locations

Sorry for the funky quoting, I read the digest and my mailer won't
burst it.

J.R. writes:
 > ...
 > mkdir /home/postgres/testdata
 > export PGDATA2=/home/postgres/testdata
 > initlocation PGDATA2
 > createdb testdb -D 'PGDATA2'
 >
 > the last command failed with this error:
 > "The database path 'PGDATA2' in invalid.  This may be due to a character
 > that is not allowed or because the chosen path isn't permitted for
 > databases"
 > ...
 > Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

Yes, you need $PGDATA2 when referencing the env var for starters.

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