"=?iso-2022-jp?B?GyRCTUwhITdFQHQbKEI=?=" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > $ bash createdb test > NOTICE: database directory '/usr/local/pgsql/data/base/18749' could not be > removed > ERROR: CREATE DATABASE: could not initialize database directory; delete > failed as well > NOTICE: database directory '/usr/local/pgsql/data/base/18749' could not be > removed > ERROR: CREATE DATABASE: could not initialize database directory; delete > failed as well > createdb: database creation failed Look in the postmaster log (its stderr output) to see why 'cp' or 'rm' failed. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://www.postgresql.org/search.mpl