Arguile <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Simplest case to test is: > pg_ctl start -D /valid/db/dir -l /invalid/dir > pg_ctl: /invalid/dir: No such file or directory > postmaster successfully started
> Postmaster hasn't started and the error could probably use some work. If you don't specify -w then pg_ctl only launches the postmaster, it does not wait around to see if the postmaster really fired up sucessfully. If there's a bug here, it's only that -w isn't the default behavior. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]