Here's the url http://fusion.gat.com/~osborne/dbdoc/postgres/postmaster.htm
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Huxton" <dev@archonet.com>
To: "Raymond O'Donnell" <rod@iol.ie>
Cc: "Postgresql" <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
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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