diff --git a/tools/initialize_database.sh b/tools/initialize_database.sh
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--- a/tools/initialize_database.sh
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-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Initialize database (create tables) for a ScoDoc instance
-# This script must be executed as user scodoc
-#
-# $db_name and $DEPT passed as environment variables
-
-# Le répertoire de ce script:
-SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )"
-
-source "$SCRIPT_DIR/config.sh"
-source "$SCRIPT_DIR/utils.sh"
-
-if [ "$(id -nu)" != "$SCODOC_USER" ]
-then
- echo "$0: script must be runned as user $SCODOC_USER"
- exit 1
-fi
-
-# shellcheck disable=SC2154
-echo 'Initializing tables in database ' "$db_name"
-$PSQL -U "$POSTGRES_USER" -p "$POSTGRES_PORT" "$db_name" -f "$SCODOC_DIR"/misc/createtables.sql
-
-
-# Set DeptName in preferences:
-echo "insert into sco_prefs (name, value) values ('DeptName', '"${DEPT}\'\) | $PSQL -U "$POSTGRES_USER"  -p "$POSTGRES_PORT" "$db_name"