Re: Data directory destroyed

On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Leandro Fanzone wrote:

> Due to a problem with the filesystem, my "data" directory was thrashed.
> I had to remove it completely. Now the postmaster doesn't start. How do
> I recreate the data directory? I have the dumps for psql to create the
> databases, but I need postmaster running. What can I do?
> Thank you in advance.

Create the directory by hand (like $PGHOME/data), then re-run initdb with
that path (if $PGDATA is set for that directory, it will use that for the
path).  Then you should be able to start postmaster and reload your dump.

-- Brett
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