On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 11:47 AM, Susan Cassidy < susan.cass...@decisionsciencescorp.com> wrote:
> When I start postgres using postgres -D $PGDATA, it hangs, and I see that > postgres and all the other attendant processes are running, but I never get > my prompt back. > > If I hit ctl/C, postgres ends running. > > I can't seem to figure out why. > > This is postgres 9.2. > > What am I doing wrong? > > Thanks, > Susan > $ postgres -D $PGDATA & should start postgres in the background. (the '&' at the end tells it to put the process in the backgroudn) If you want it running outside your shell, you should use pg_ctl. $ pg_ctl --help pg_ctl is a utility to initialize, start, stop, or control a PostgreSQL server.
