initdb question

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Hi,

Can anyone tell where the file is actually read that is given as input in
the initdb script where "Adding template1 database to pg_database..." is
echoed?

See pgsql/lib for the *.source files.

Can anyone tell me how I can run that command line through gdb (I know that
this not a postgres question but if anyone could helpme I would ben
gratefull)?

the commandline is

postgres -boot -C -F -D/usr/local/pgsql/data -d template1 < file.txt

I know how to set the args but not how to get the redirection.

Sure. I usually make a copy of initdb, and call it inittest. I then
edit the file, and put an 'exit' right before the postgres -boot command
is executed. I then start the debugger on the postgres binary, and type
the command as though it is being run from initdb, because the initdb
stuff is at the right point to do that. I can then watch if fail, and
look at the backtrace and output, because it is not being sent to
/dev/null.

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