Re: Starting Postgresql

Here's the url http://fusion.gat.com/~osborne/dbdoc/postgres/postmaster.htm

Bob


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Huxton" 
To: "Raymond O'Donnell" 
Cc: "Postgresql" 
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 11:43 AM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Starting Postgresql


> Raymond O'Donnell wrote:
>> On 20 Dec 2006 at 11:12, Bob Pawley wrote:
>> 
>>> which in PostgreSQL is????
>> 
>> It's not in PostgreSQL - it's the shell of your operating system. In 
>> Windows, you get that either by clicking Start -> Run and typing 
>> "command" or "cmd" (depending on your version of windows), or by 
>> clicking on Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> Command prompt.
> 
> But in any case, you probably don't want to start it like that. On 
> Windows you probably want to go into the service manager (in 
> administrative tools iirc) and on Linux something like 
> /etc/init.d/postgresql start - that way you'll get the proper startup 
> sequence, setting any environment variables and redirecting logging etc.
> 
> By the way - what page were you quoting that intruction from? I don't 
> recognise it. I'm particularly puzzled because it referred to "Postgres" 
> rather than "PostgreSQL".
> 
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