Dear Tom.
> Rajesh Kumar Mallah <mallah@trade-india.com> writes:
>> [root@ns3 root]# echo $PGDATA
>> /usr/local/pgsql/data
>> [root@ns3 root]# pg_ctl reload
>> pg_ctl: cannot find /usr/local/pgsql/data/postmaster.pid
>> Is postmaster running?
>
> Is PGDATA actually an environment variable --- that is, did you
> "export" it?
yeah i had exported it in root's env with a wrong value which was not
even initdb'ed in the env od postgres user PGDATA was find so i did not
realize the mistake. only on running pg_ctl by root i got this error.
BTW can you pleeeeez reply to my last question in the
now() and timeofday() thread ?
Regds
mallah.
>
> regards, tom lane
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