"James B. Byrne" <byrnejb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I have installed postgresql in cygwin on a MS-WinXPpro system. I > wish to initialise a database instance. However, I cannot find any > program file called initdb. In /usr/bin I can see files like: > pg_config.exe, pg_dump.exe and pg_dumpall.exe but no initdb.exe > anywhere. Is there something about initdb that I do not understand > or some reason why it would not form part of the cygwin > installation? That sounds suspiciously like a client-only installation. What package did you install exactly? Was there a -server package beside it? regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general