Re: the cygwin responses I got ...

David,

On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 09:56:49AM +1200, David Mitchell wrote:
> You are in a unix shell not windows. Set the environment like this:
>
> $ CYGWIN=server initdb -D /usr/share/postgresql/data

You can also set environment variables the Windows way via the "My
Computer" properties dialog.  In this way, all Windows processes get the
same settings -- even ones started from the Service Control Manager.
Actually, this is how I set the CYGWIN variable.

Jason

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