Re: CVS Head: Pg_ctl bug?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Dave Page" <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: CVS Head: Pg_ctl bug?
Date: 2005-08-29 19:46:02
Message-ID: 12470.1125344762@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Dave Page" <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk> writes:
> I just noticed that if I don't specify a data directory either on the
> command line or in $PGDATA,, pg_ctl fails silently on Windows (haven't
> been able to test other platforms atm). Is this a bug or an oversight -
> an error message would seem appropriate?

On my machine it does this:

$ bin/pg_ctl start
pg_ctl: no database directory specified and environment variable PGDATA unset
Try "pg_ctl --help" for more information.
$

Is write_stderr() broken on Windows?

regards, tom lane

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