"Chris Barnes" <cbarnes(at)recognia(dot)com> writes:
> [postgres(at)pgprd01 ~]$ /opt/PostgreSQL/8.3/bin/pg_ctl -w start -D
> \"/data/pgsql/data/\" -l \"/data/pgsql/data//pg_log/startup.log\"
Those backslashes don't look like a good idea: the quotes are ending
up as part of the file names.
regards, tom lane