On 01-05-2015 11:14, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Currently initdb outputs suggested text on starting the server:
>
> Success. You can now start the database server using:
>
> /u/pgsql/bin/postgres -D /u/pgsql/data
> or
> /u/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl -D /u/pgsql/data -l logfile start
>
> I am now thinking pg_ctl should be recommended first. At the time this
> text was written pg_ctl was new.
>
+1.
BTW, why are we advocating postgres binary use at all? AFAICS the main
postgres (or postmaster) uses are (i) startup script (which also
advocate for 'pg_ctl -w') and (ii) disaster/debugging purposes. None of
those use cases are intended for general users. Let's make it simple and
drop 'postgres' line.
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