On Fri, 2009-07-17 at 23:42 +0530, Sachin Srivastava wrote: > I am using PostgreSQL 8.3 on Windows XP SP2. > > I am getting this strange error while initdb: > > Part of the error message i get, > > The database cluster will be initialized with locale English_United > States.1252. > > The default database encoding has accordingly been set to WIN1252. > The default text search configuration will be set to "english". > > fixing permissions on existing directory C:/postgres/data ... ok > creating subdirectories ... initdb: could not create directory > "C:/postgres": File exists > initdb: removing contents of data directory "C:/postgres/data" > > > Looking into the initdb code, it should create sub directories (global, > pg_xlog, pg_clog, base etc ) under directory C:/postgres/data. I cannot > understand, why it is trying to create "C:/postgres". > > Any thoughts? Well the error I see is that C:/postgres already exists. Meaning you had a postgres file or directory already. Initdb will bail out if that is the case. Joshua D. Drake -- PostgreSQL - XMPP: jdrake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Consulting, Development, Support, Training 503-667-4564 - http://www.commandprompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company, serving since 1997 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
