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| -rw-r--r-- | src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c index 38ba82fe4b6..b8d34b59f58 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c @@ -4463,6 +4463,17 @@ SelectConfigFiles(const char *userDoption, const char *progname) else configdir = make_absolute_path(getenv("PGDATA")); + if (configdir && stat(configdir, &stat_buf) != 0) + { + write_stderr("%s: could not access \"%s\": %s\n", + progname, + configdir, + strerror(errno)); + if (errno == ENOENT) + write_stderr("Run initdb or pg_basebackup to initialize a PostgreSQL data directory.\n"); + return false; + } + /* * Find the configuration file: if config_file was specified on the * command line, use it, else use configdir/postgresql.conf. In any case @@ -4498,7 +4509,7 @@ SelectConfigFiles(const char *userDoption, const char *progname) */ if (stat(ConfigFileName, &stat_buf) != 0) { - write_stderr("%s cannot access the server configuration file \"%s\": %s\n", + write_stderr("%s: could not access the server configuration file \"%s\": %s\n", progname, ConfigFileName, strerror(errno)); free(configdir); return false; |