Re: postgres on windows with minimal cygwin

On Tue, Dec 31, 2002 at 12:42:34PM -0700, Todd F. Peterson wrote:
> template1=# create database test;
> WARNING: database directory '/cygdrive/c/cygmin/bin/pg_data/base/16983'
> could not be removed
> ERROR: CREATE DATABASE: could not initialize database directory; delete
> failed as well

That exact output would result if execution of "cp -r" fails in a
system() call in createdb().  Are you sure that the right 'cp' command
is in your $PATH when you invoke the psql or createdb commands?

You might try running createdb under strace.

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