create_template_postgis-1.5.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
POSTGIS_SQL_PATH=`pg_config --sharedir`/contrib/postgis-1.5
createdb -E UTF8 template_postgis -U postgres # Create the template spatial database.
createlang -d template_postgis plpgsql -U postgres # Adding PLPGSQL language support.
psql -U postgres -d postgres -c "UPDATE pg_database SET datistemplate='true' WHERE datname='template_postgis';"
psql -U postgres -d template_postgis -f $POSTGIS_SQL_PATH/postgis.sql # Loading the PostGIS SQL routines
psql -U postgres -d template_postgis -f $POSTGIS_SQL_PATH/spatial_ref_sys.sql
psql -U postgres -d template_postgis -c "GRANT ALL ON geometry_columns TO PUBLIC;" # Enabling users to alter spatial tables.
psql -U postgres -d template_postgis -c "GRANT ALL ON geography_columns TO PUBLIC;"
psql -U postgres -d template_postgis -c "GRANT ALL ON spatial_ref_sys TO PUBLIC;"