... work for you with code built from the cvs tip? I did an update and build tonight and see
myst$ postmaster -i postgres: invalid option -- r Usage: postgres -boot [-d] [-D datadir] [-F] [-o file] [-x num] dbname -d debug mode -D datadir data directory -F turn off fsync -o file send debug output to file -x num internal use DEBUG: startup process 6818 exited with status 1; aborting startup whereas omitting the "-i" seems to work better: myst$ postmaster DEBUG: database system was shut down at 2001-10-19 06:13:38 UTC DEBUG: checkpoint record is at 0/112F54 DEBUG: redo record is at 0/112F54; undo record is at 0/0; shutdown TRUE DEBUG: next transaction id: 89; next oid: 16556 DEBUG: database system is ready I didn't see this symptom this morning afaict. Any ideas?? - Thomas ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html