Sorry for the funky quoting, I read the digest and my mailer won't
burst it.
J.R. writes:
> ...
> mkdir /home/postgres/testdata
> export PGDATA2=/home/postgres/testdata
> initlocation PGDATA2
> createdb testdb -D 'PGDATA2'
>
> the last command failed with this error:
> "The database path 'PGDATA2' in invalid. This may be due to a character
> that is not allowed or because the chosen path isn't permitted for
> databases"
> ...
> Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
Yes, you need $PGDATA2 when referencing the env var for starters.
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