Re: Installing PostgreSQL

Campbell, Lance wrote:
> Richard,
> So what you are saying is that if you install PostgeSQL into a data
> directory /abc/data you could then stop the database, move the files
> into /def/data, and then start the database making sure to point to the
> new data directory.  PostgreSQL is therefore referencing its files
> relative to the "data" directory the files are in.
>
> Is this a correct observation?

Yes - provided:
1. Ownership and permissions on the destination directory are correct
2. You remember to stop the server when copying


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   Richard Huxton
   Archonet Ltd