Re: Problem restarting server

What's the difference between "postgres" and "psql"?

Tom Lane wrote:

>=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Agust=EDn_Caminero_Herr=E1ez?= <agustin(at)info-ab(dot)uclm(dot)es> writes:
>
>
>>[postgres(at)nodo2 ~]# psql
>>psql: FATAL: los argumentos de línea de comando no son válidos para
>>proceso servidor -->> command line arguments are not valid for server
>>process
>>HINT: Pruebe "postgres --help" para mayor información.
>>
>>
>
>Look again --- you seem to have invoked "postgres", not "psql". There
>is seldom any reason to invoke the "postgres" program directly.
>
>If you really did type "psql" then your installation is messed up
>(somehow postgres got copied over psql, I suppose). Might be easiest
>to remove and reinstall the programs.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
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