Re: Restart after power outage: createdb

[Jon Lapham <lapham(at)jandr(dot)org>]

Jim Nasby wrote:
> > [lapham(at)localhost ~]$ psql bar
> > psql: FATAL:  database "bar" does not exist
> > [lapham(at)localhost ~]$ createdb bar
> > createdb: database creation failed: ERROR: could not create directory 
> > "base/65536": File exists
> > [lapham(at)localhost ~]$ createdb bar
>
> Could this be a timing issue? IE: are you just issuing the first 
> createdb bar too soon after the database has started?
>
> I suspect this is a bug...

Probably not too soon, since postgresql is started by init.d during boot 
and it is probably a minute or so after that before I can get logged in, 
open a shell, issue the commands, etc.

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