Albe Laurenz wrote:
> Himanshu Joshi wrote:
>
>> I am getting a below mentioned strange error while logging
>>
> into
>
>> postgres from linux command prompt. It is working fine with
>>
> GUI(pgAdmin
>
>> III). I am using postgres version 8.4SS.
>> Himanshu
>> # cd /opt/PostgresPlus/8.4SS/
>> # bin/psql -Upostgres -p
>> bin/psql: line 1: bzip2,: command not found
>> bin/psql: line 3: usage:: command not found
>> bin/psql: line 5: -h: command not found
>> bin/psql: line 6: -d: command not found
>> bin/psql: line 7: -z: command not found
>> bin/psql: line 8: syntax error near unexpected token `('
>> bin/psql: line 8: ` -k --keep keep (don't delete) input
>>
> files'
>
>> #
>>
>> I have already given the restart to postgres as well as the server
>>
> many
>
>> times, but it didnt worked.
>> Plz suggest any solution for that.
>>
>
> That looks like bin/psql is not an executable but a text file,
> which it should not be.
>
> How did you install PostgreSQL? What is in that file and how
> did it get there?
>
> Maybe reinstalling the PostgreSQL software will help.
>
> Yours,
> Laurenz Albe
>
Hi Laurenz,
You were right. bin/psql was overwritten as a text file. I have
replaced this corrupted bin/psql file with bin/psql file from another
server. So now the postgres it is working fine.
Thanks for your valuable suggestion.
Regards
Himanshu Joshi