Re: Changing/Specifying Data Dir to postmaster Service

Actually, I just stopped the service, then ran
postmaster from the command line with a different -D
directory. I just needed to access an old data dir to
export/import.

CSN


--- Mike G <mike@thegodshalls.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> You need to do an initdb and specify the directory
> you want to install /
> start it in.  Of course you will have to backup your
> data first and then
> restore the dump(s) after the initdb.
>
> Then you must also remove the postmaster service and
> re-install using
> the new path etc.
>
> HTH.
>
> Mike
>
>
> On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 20:24, CSN wrote:
> > I installed the postmaster service using:
> >
> > cygrunsrv --install postmaster --path
> > /usr/bin/postmaster --args "-D
> /var/postgresql/data
> > -i" --dep cygserver --termsig INT --user postgres
> > --shutdown
> >
> > How can I start it using another data directory?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > CSN
> >
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