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* Minor improvement for creating directory structure
@ 2019-05-08 07:40 PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org>
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From: PG Doc comments form @ 2019-05-08 07:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; +Cc: jonas@morfosia.com
The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/install-short.html
Description:
1)
$ mkdir /usr/local/pgsql/data
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/usr/local/pgsql/data’: No such file or
directory
Suggested correction:
$ mkdir -p /usr/local/pgsql/data
-------------------------
2)
chown -R postgres /usr/local/pgsql
/Jonas
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* Re: Minor improvement for creating directory structure
@ 2019-05-09 21:21 Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
parent: PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org>
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From: Bruce Momjian @ 2019-05-09 21:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: jonas@morfosia.com; pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org
On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 07:40:16AM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
>
> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/install-short.html
> Description:
>
> 1)
> $ mkdir /usr/local/pgsql/data
> mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/usr/local/pgsql/data’: No such file or
> directory
My docs say:
-p, --parents
no error if existing, make parent directories as needed
While I can see the value of "make parent directories as needed", having
it do "no error if existing" could be bad.
--
Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> http://momjian.us
EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com
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* Re: Minor improvement for creating directory structure
@ 2019-05-09 21:59 Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>
parent: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
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From: Alvaro Herrera @ 2019-05-09 21:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>; +Cc: jonas@morfosia.com; pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org
On 2019-May-09, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 07:40:16AM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> > The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
> >
> > Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/install-short.html
> > Description:
> >
> > 1)
> > $ mkdir /usr/local/pgsql/data
> > mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/usr/local/pgsql/data’: No such file or
> > directory
>
> My docs say:
>
> -p, --parents
> no error if existing, make parent directories as needed
>
> While I can see the value of "make parent directories as needed", having
> it do "no error if existing" could be bad.
Why? initdb is going to fail anyway if it contains anything.
--
Álvaro Herrera https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services
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* Re: Minor improvement for creating directory structure
@ 2019-05-09 22:02 Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
parent: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>
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From: Bruce Momjian @ 2019-05-09 22:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>; +Cc: jonas@morfosia.com; pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org
On Thu, May 9, 2019 at 05:59:12PM -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> On 2019-May-09, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 07:40:16AM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> > > The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
> > >
> > > Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/install-short.html
> > > Description:
> > >
> > > 1)
> > > $ mkdir /usr/local/pgsql/data
> > > mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/usr/local/pgsql/data’: No such file or
> > > directory
> >
> > My docs say:
> >
> > -p, --parents
> > no error if existing, make parent directories as needed
> >
> > While I can see the value of "make parent directories as needed", having
> > it do "no error if existing" could be bad.
>
> Why? initdb is going to fail anyway if it contains anything.
I guess you would want to know right away.
--
Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> http://momjian.us
EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com
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