Re: Newbie struggling to set $PGDATA

Geoff Caplan wrote:

  >Please help out a Linx/Postgres newbie.
  >
  >I simply want to set the $PGDATA environmental variable, but can't
  >figure out how. The docs assume you already know...
  >
  >I have tried setting it in my bash /etc/profile configuration file,
  >and it shows up ok if I "echo $PGDATA" in the shell. But none of the
  >postgres utilities such as "initdb" seem to be able to find it.
  >
  >What don't I understand? I have already checked the docs/GreatBridge
  >manual/faqs/archive, so I would very much appreciate some help.

Maybe you need to export it.  Unless you export a variable, it remains
local to the shell where you define it.

PGDATA=/path/to/data
export PGDATA


or

export PGDATA=/path/to/data


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