In the
end I just rm -rf'd the files, as suggested by others on
this list. I was initially concerned about that simple
approach, as I figured that many postgres conf files will
still point to that deleted area - but as postgres will
not run again until I do an initdb -D command, it (should)
goes to follow that those conf files will then be
correctly updated.
Yeah, I understand your concern, and I
do agree. On installation from packages on Debian/Ubuntu-like,
you should keep with the cluster management tools provided,
like pg_createcluster instead of initdb, pg_ctlcluster instead
of pg_ctl, pg_dropcluster instead of rm, and so on.
Regards,
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Matheus de Oliveira
Analista de Banco de Dados
Dextra Sistemas - MPS.Br nível F! www.dextra.com.br/postgres
