From d98f2f9985e4030a00fc41e21bd36474febe5741 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Thomas G. Lockhart" <lockhart@fourpalms.org>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 1997 06:33:57 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Support "with location" capability for database creation.

---
 src/man/create_database.l | 14 ++++++++++----
 src/man/createdb.1        | 14 ++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/man/create_database.l b/src/man/create_database.l
index 8bf5f06ae27..25a809a8056 100644
--- a/src/man/create_database.l
+++ b/src/man/create_database.l
@@ -1,19 +1,25 @@
 .\" This is -*-nroff-*-
 .\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here....
-.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/create_database.l,v 1.3 1997/05/19 14:23:08 momjian Exp $
+.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/create_database.l,v 1.4 1997/11/07 06:33:55 thomas Exp $
 .TH "CREATE DATABASE" SQL 11/05/95 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL
 .SH NAME
 create database \(em create a new database
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
-\fBcreate database\fP dbname
+\fBcreate database\fP dbname [\fBwith location = '\fPdbpath\fB'\fP]
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-.BR "Create database"
+.BR "create database"
 creates a new Postgres database.  The creator becomes the administrator
-of the new database.
+of the new database. An alternate location can be specified as either an
+environment variable known to the backend server (e.g. 'PGDATA2') or as
+an absolute path name (e.g. '/home/postgres/data'). In either case, the
+location must be pre-configured by
+.BR initarea
+
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 createdb(1),
 drop database(l),
 destroydb(1),
+initarea(1),
 initdb(1).
diff --git a/src/man/createdb.1 b/src/man/createdb.1
index 5a940d35fc2..1831b6228a1 100644
--- a/src/man/createdb.1
+++ b/src/man/createdb.1
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .\" This is -*-nroff-*-
 .\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here....
-.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/createdb.1,v 1.3 1997/08/26 17:29:54 momjian Exp $
+.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/createdb.1,v 1.4 1997/11/07 06:33:57 thomas Exp $
 .TH CREATEDB UNIX 11/05/95 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL
 .SH NAME
 createdb \(em create a database
@@ -15,9 +15,12 @@ host]
 [\c
 .BR -p
 port]
+[\c
+.BR -D
+location]
 [dbname]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-.IR Createdb
+.BR createdb
 creates a new database.  The person who executes this command becomes
 the database administrator, or DBA, for this database and is the only
 person, other than the Postgres super-user, who can destroy it.
@@ -42,12 +45,12 @@ The optional argument
 .IR dbname
 specifies the name of the database to be created.  The name must be
 unique among all Postgres databases.
-.IR Dbname
+.IR dbname
 defaults to the value of the
 .SM USER
 environment variable.
 .PP
-.IR Createdb
+.IR createdb
 understands the following command-line options:
 .TP 5n
 .BR "-a" " system"
@@ -59,6 +62,9 @@ to use in connecting to the
 .IR postmaster
 process.  The default is site-specific.
 .TP
+.BR "-D" " dbpath"
+Specifies the alternate database location for this database.
+.TP
 .BR "-h" " host"
 Specifies the hostname of the machine on which the 
 .IR postmaster
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