Re: initdb error: "could not identify current directory" (or,

> % cd /var/data/pgsql
> still reports the absolute path
> --> /Volumes/data/pgsql

It looks to me like you are attempting to mount a few volumes under /var?

I think that's going to wrinkle your handkerchief in Darwin.

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