Re: Help with Cygwin/Postgres

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Web Design [mailto:webdesigna@hotmail.com]
> Sent: 17 November 2001 11:47
> To: pgsql-cygwin@postgresql.org
> Subject: [CYGWIN] Help with Cygwin/Postgres
>
>
> I thought I was doing myself a favor by purchasing a book
> from wrox on using
> PostgreSQL.  I am trying to setup Cygwin on an XP box.  I've
> installed
> Cygwin countless times and cant figure out what step im missing.
>
> From reading other posts, i gather that i don't need to
> compile postgres
> since i selected it in the installation of cygwin.  The
> instuctions in my
> book don't tell me what to skip if im not compiling so im
> lost.  Ive started
> the ipc service and i think i should do initdb now but where
> do i put it and
> do i make the dirs first since i didnt compile?  What syntax
> do I use?  I
> wish there was some list of objectives that i could
> understand and follow to
> help me with this.
>
> Any help or guidance will be greatly appreciated.

Take a look at /usr/doc/Cygwin/postgresql-7.1.3.README in your Cygwin
installation. It should help...

Regards, Dave.