[postgis-users] Regarding problem with shp2pgsql utility

[strk]

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 10:36:16PM +0530, kovuri suresh wrote:

> postgis=# shp2pgsql -s 4269 st99_d00.shp public. us_states > us_states.sql;
> ERROR:  syntax error at or near "shp2pgsql"

You're giving the command to the PostgreSQL shell, which doesn't
konw about executing external binaries. Exit psql and run it
from the shell prompt....


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