INITDB(UNIX)

NAME
       initlocation - create a new Postgres storage area

SYNOPSIS
       initlocation directory

       initlocation $environment_variable

DESCRIPTION
       initlocation creates a new Postgres database storage area.
       A storage area contains distinct Postgres databases,  with
       each  database  in  a  separate directory and managed by a
       single postmaster.

       Creating a database storage area consists of creating  the
       directories  in  which the database data will live.  There
       are 2 types of arguments for initlocation.  First, you can
       specify  an explicit absolute path to the top directory of
       the storage area.  Second, you can specify an  environment
       variable   (e.g.  $PGDATA2).   This  environment  variable
       should be known to the backend for  later  use  in  create
       database.   In either case Postgres will add /base/ to the
       specified path to create the storage area.

SEE ALSO
       create_database(l) initdb(1).