Use native path separators to pg_ctl in initdb

alvherre · alvherre · commit ae1c1d84ea24 · 2021-03-02T15:39:34.000-03:00
On Windows, CMD.EXE allegedly does not run a command that uses forward slashes, so let's convert the path to use backslashes instead. Backpatch to 10. Author: Nitin Jadhav <nitinjadhavpostgres@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Juan José Santamaría Flecha <juanjo.santamaria@gmail.com> Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAMm1aWaNDuaPYFYMAqDeJrZmPtNvLcJRS++CcZWY8LT6KcoBZw@mail.gmail.com
diff --git a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
@@ -3401,6 +3401,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	/* ... and tag on pg_ctl instead */
 	join_path_components(pg_ctl_path, pg_ctl_path, "pg_ctl");
 
+	/* Convert the path to use native separators */
+	make_native_path(pg_ctl_path);
+
 	/* path to pg_ctl, properly quoted */
 	appendShellString(start_db_cmd, pg_ctl_path);
 
