Just to clarify a minor point - on Windows NT and newer, the COMSPEC environment variable determines which executable runs a batch script whether the extension is .bat or .cmd - on NT and newer this defaults to cmd.exe.
-----Original Message----- From: pgsql-novice-ow...@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-novice-ow...@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Craig Ringer Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 11:51 PM To: Kushal Vaghani Cc: Scott Marlowe; pgsql-general@postgresql.org; pgsql-nov...@postgresql.org Subject: [NOVICE] Re: [GENERAL] Install from Source On Windows - University of Sydney Research On Mon, 2009-08-24 at 16:48 +1000, Kushal Vaghani wrote: > okay guys I will get 8.2.13, so would running the install.pl would be > different. > > I will try and see if I can compile and run as mentioned from the > docs. But would there be any script after install.pl to run the > postmaster, initDB You'll probably want to initdb, edit the postgresql.conf created by initdb as desired, then start the postmaster manually using pg_ctl (making sure to point pg_ctl at the data directory you created). It's not hard. If you want to automate it, just write a batch file. Remember to use ".cmd" not ".bat" so you run under the win32 cmd.exe script processor not the ancient dos emulation monster command.com . -- Craig Ringer -- Sent via pgsql-novice mailing list (pgsql-nov...@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-novice -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
