The following bug has been logged online: Bug reference: 3462 Logged by: Eugene Gershnik Email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PostgreSQL version: 8.2.4 Operating system: Windows Description: pg_ctl error output cannot be redirected Details:
On Windows an attempt to do pg_ctl ... > file.txt 2>&1 where ... stands for any parameters that make pg_ctl fail sends stderr output to event log rather than file.txt. This is caused by the following incorrect test in pg_ctl.c in function write_stderr(const char *fmt,...) if (!isatty(fileno(stderr))) ... This test will succeed for anything other than console being stderr. It is obviously incorrect since when the output is redirected to a file or pipe you also want to print it rather than to send it to event log. What you need to test is whether GetStdHandle returns an invalid handle. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
