Copy the script "linux" found under the contrib directory
"contrib/start-scripts" to your init.d directory, or debian's equivalent.
For RedHat it's /etc/rc.d/init.d. Note: I renamed the script postgresql.
Edit the script so that PGDATA points to your data directory.
Manually test the script first.
Type "postgresql start" (omitting the quotes) to make sure it start ok.
Use "ps" to make sure it started ok.
Type "postgresql stop" (again omitting the quotes) to stop the backend.
Since I'm running a RedHat distro, the last step was to setup a link under
/etc/rc.d/rc3.d that points to /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql. You'll likely
have to do something similar for debian.
And that's all there was to it.
Tim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick Fankhauser" <nickf@ontko.com>
To: "Mayan" <escalante@canada.com>; <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 12:34 PM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Starting PosgreSQL at bootup time
> > I have just finished installing PostgreSQL, now I'd like to start the
> > PostgreSQL server at boot up time. How do I go about this?
>
> Are you installing using the debian package? When I used the deb package
> recently for 7.1.3, it installed in about 5 minutes using dselect without
> any problems, and also set up a script for starting postmaster
automatically
> on boot-up. (Well done, Oliver!)
>
> If you aren't using the debian package, e-mail me off-list & I'll send you
a
> copy of the startup script from the debian package. (But only if you
promise
> to holster that rocket-launcher <grin>.)
>
> -Nick
>
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