Martin Gainty <mgainty@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > i flipped to my regular account and re-created the db with initdb -D newFolder > i have noticed that initdb basically deletes everything ..and the reason for doing that would be? Oh? It should refuse to do anything if the target directory is not empty; and does act that way, in my testing. 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