Hello Straight to the facts:
$ /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql initdb Nothing... $ bash -x /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql initdb + PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin + PREFIX=/usr + PGDATA=/usr/share/postgresql/data + CONFIG=/usr/share/postgresql/data/postgresql.conf + PIDFILE=/usr/share/postgresql/data/postgresql.pid + LOGFILE=/var/log/postgresql.log + SOCKETDIR=/tmp + '[' -f /etc/init.d/functions ']' + RETVAL=0 + name=PostgreSQL + prog=postmaster + progdir=/usr/sbin + DAEMON=/usr/sbin/postmaster.exe + POSTMASTER_ARGS='-D /usr/share/postgresql/data -k /tmp -i' + INITDB_ARGS='-E SQL_ASCII --locale=C -D /usr/share/postgresql/data' + test -f /usr/sbin/postmaster.exe + exit 0 Hm? $ ls -l /usr/sbin/postmaster.exe ls: cannot access /usr/sbin/postmaster.exe: No such file or directory Aham! $ diff /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql.original 32c32 < DAEMON="$progdir/$prog" --- > DAEMON="$progdir/$prog.exe" Yeah! Version: postgresql-9.2.4-2 Anyone seeing the same behaviour? Would make sense to commit this fix? Cheers Balazs -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple