Thank you. Look what I get..
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$ pg_ctl start -o "-F -S 2048"
postmaster successfully started up.
$ usage: /home/newsreader/pgsql/bin/postmaster [options]
-B nbufs set number of shared buffers
-D datadir set data directory
-S silent mode (disassociate from tty)
-a system use this authentication system
-b backend use a specific backend server executable
-d [1-5] set debugging level
-i listen on TCP/IP sockets as well as Unix domain socket
-N nprocs set max number of backends (1..1024, default 32)
-n don't reinitialize shared memory after abnormal exit
-o option pass 'option' to each backend servers
-p port specify port for postmaster to listen on
-s send SIGSTOP to all backend servers if one dies
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I've found that
pg_ctl -o "-o -F -S 2048" start
works as well as
pg_ctl start -o "-o -F -S 2048"
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If you read man page of pg_ctl you will see that
it is telling you wrong
On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 11:29:30PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> newsreader@mediaone.net writes:
> > pg_ctl is completely not working for me. I do
> > $ pg_ctl -o "-F -S 2048" start
> > and it keeps telling me I'm not doing it right.
>
> Indeed, you are not. Try
> pg_ctl start -o "-F -S 2048"
>
> regards, tom lane