Simple script to start replication on slave postgresql 9.3

replicate.sh

#!/bin/bash

PATH="/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin"

TARGETDIR=/var/lib/postgresql/9.3/main/

test -z "$1" && { echo 'Please specify argument: source master base host' 2>&1; exit 1; }

service postgresql stop
rm -rf $TARGETDIR
pg_basebackup --verbose --checkpoint=fast --xlog-method=stream -U postgres --pgdata="$TARGETDIR" --host="$1"
chown -R postgres:postgres $TARGETDIR
ln -s /etc/postgresql/9.3/main/recovery.conf $TARGETDIR/recovery.conf
ln -s /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem $TARGETDIR/server.crt
ln -s /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key $TARGETDIR/server.key
service postgresql start