Changes between Version 43 and Version 44 of UsersWikiWinCompileInitdb

Timestamp:

12/09/09 10:36:32 (15 years ago)

Author:

pracine

Comment:

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UsersWikiWinCompileInitdb

@@ -6 +6 @@
  1. '''Create a Windows local user''' called "postgres".
 
- 2. '''Initialize the DB cluster''' from the Msys shell:
+ 2. '''Initialize the DB cluster''' from the MSYS shell:
 
      /c/postgres/bin/initdb -U postgres -D /c/postgres/data -A trust
@@ -34 +34 @@
     sc delete "pgsql-8.4 test"
 
- '''Option B) Directly from the DOS shell:'''
+ '''Option B) Directly from the DOS shell (prefered option):'''
 
   1) In the same shell in which you initialized the DB cluster, do:
@@ -49 +49 @@
 
 
- 5. Before you do a make check for PostGIS, make sure to do an export of PGPORT and other variable to point to the one you are testing (you do this in Msys)
-http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/libpq-envars.html
+ 5. '''Export the configuration variables'''
 
-These are only good for the current session
+  Before you do a make check for PostGIS, make sure to do an export of '''PGPORT''' and other variable to point to the one you are testing (you do this in MSYS). For more information about the PostgreSQL environment variables see http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/libpq-envars.html
 
-export PATH="/c/postgres/bin:$PATH"
+  These are only good for the current session
+
+   export PATH="/c/postgres/bin:$PATH"
+
+   export PGPORT=8433
+
+   export PGUSER=postgres
 
 
-export PGPORT=8433
-
-export PGUSER=postgres
-
-
-to see path settings or any other variables at msys prompt
+  to see path settings or any other variables at MSYS prompt:
  echo ${PATH}