Re: initdb on build machine and moving to production machine

Wade D. Oberpriller writes:

> I want to be able to do an initdb on a build machine and then copy this new
> database to a production machine and run with it. One thing I have noticed is
> that initdb needs an absolute path, so if I copy the database it needs to
> reside in an identical location as where it was initialized.

No.  The path is only used within initdb to find the directory.  It's not
saved anywhere.

> Is there anyway to overcome this, that is can a database be initialized and
> copied to another locationa and still work?

This should work painlessly if both machines are the same platform.

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