Peter Eisentraut wrote: > On m?n, 2011-10-03 at 15:09 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > Why were people not using pg_ctl? > > Actually, a slight correction/addition here: The Debian init script does > use pg_ctl to start the service. Seems to work fine.
Yes. The script authors discovered a working behavior, which matches my research: pg_ctl start specify config directory pg_ctl -w start impossible pg_ctl restart impossible pg_ctl stop specify real data dir pg_ctl -w stop specify real data dir pg_ctl reload specify real data dir -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + It's impossible for everything to be true. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers