No this will permanently change it. Check out the documentation: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/server-start.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/app-initdb.html
Cheers Srinivas -----Original Message----- From: Linux Geeks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 1:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Moving data directory Hi Srinivas, Is it permanently change it ? Do I have to change some entry in configuration file ? Regards, Dino On 5/12/07, Srinivas Kotapally <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can do an initdb -d /var/lib/postgresql to initialize the data > directory in the /var/lib/postgresql directory. If you also have data > in the /usr/lib/postgresql - make sure you back it up and restore it > in the new directory. > > ---------------------------(end of > broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly > > -- To Analyze Is To Know Batte Field, Differ from Battle Itself ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
