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To: "Gtrica" <gtricarico@intin.it>
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: psql error 
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Comments: In-reply-to "Gtrica" <gtricarico@intin.it>
	message dated "Tue, 19 Feb 2002 12:47:23 +0100"
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 19:30:11 -0500
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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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"Gtrica" <gtricarico@intin.it> writes:
> I'm new with postgress datbase..
> I have started correctly postmaster, I created a database "primo" ...
> Now when I try to start "psql primo" I receive the following error
> "psql : FATAL 1: cannot create init file
> .//base/primo/pg_internal.init.1179"

It looks to me like you tried to start the postmaster with a relative
PGDATA path (something like "postmaster -D .").  Try an absolute
path instead.

(IIRC, PG 7.1 and later will accept a relative path, but earlier versions
don't cope.  If you are indeed running something older than 7.1, it's
definitely a good idea to update.)

			regards, tom lane