I’ve extended Sean’s idea of baking PostGIS-enabled databases using GNU Make a little bit and prepared new version of Makefile.postgis.
How to use it:
Install it to save yourself some typing:
$ ln -s Makefile.postgis Makefile
Run
maketo get basic usage information:$ make ****** Makefile.postgis usage ****** *** Create new PostGIS database: DBNAME=mydb make -f Makefile.postgis create *** Drop PostGIS database: DBNAME=mydb make -f Makefile.postgis drop *** Check if database exists and PostGIS if enabled with PostGIS: DBNAME=mydb make -f Makefile.postgis check *** Check if database exists: DBNAME=mydb make -f Makefile.postgis check-db *** Check if database is enabled with PostGIS: DBNAME=mydb make -f Makefile.postgis check-postgis
Check if your database exists:
$ DBNAME=mydb make check-db ****** Makefile.postgis ****** ****** Database ‘mydb’ not found
Create your database with PostGIS extension installed:
$ DBNAME=mydb make create ****** Makefile.postgis ****** ****** Creating database ‘mydb’… ****** Loading PostGIS into ‘mydb’…
Check what has been created and installed:
$ DBNAME=mydb make check ****** Makefile.postgis ****** ****** Database ‘mydb’ found ****** Makefile.postgis ****** ****** Database ‘mydb’ is enabled with PostGIS 1.4 USE_GEOS=1 USE_PROJ=1 USE_STATS=1
When you don’t need your database anymore, just drop it:
$ DBNAME=mydb make drop
