I'm running on Windows XP Home version, using Cygwin 1.3.14-1, PostgreSQL 7.2.3, and the ipc-daemon in Cygipc 1.11-1. I have followed the instructions in usr/doc/Cygwin/postgresql-7.2.3.README. I put it into a small script file that looks like:
ipc-daemon --install-as-service
cygrunsrv --install postmaster --path /usr/bin/postmaster --args "-D /usr/share/postgresql/data -i" --dep ipc-daemon --termsig INT --user postgres --shutdown
mkdir /usr/share/postgresql/data
chown postgres /usr/share/postgresql/data
initdb -D /usr/share/postgresql/data
net start ipc-daemon
net start postmaster
Yet when the script gets to "net start ipc-daemon" I get the message:
The Cygwin IPC Daemon service is starting.
The Cygwin IPC Daemon service could not be started.
So, of course, trying to start the postmaster service also failed. When I tried going through the Service Manager to start ipc-daemon, it said the service on Local System "started then stopped" and suggested "Some services stop automatically if they have no work to do"
Can anyone suggest what I might be doing wrong?
Dave