Re: pg_ctl?

From: Nabil Sayegh <postgresql(at)e-trolley(dot)de>
To: Herbie McDuck <herbie(at)faams(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-novice <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_ctl?
Date: 2003-06-02 08:11:23
Message-ID: 1054541482.13889.2.camel@billy
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Am Mon, 2003-06-02 um 03.44 schrieb Herbie McDuck:
> Hmmm ... I'm using SuSE 8.2 with PostgreSQL 7.3 and cannot find
> pg_ctl. From some doc reading pg_ctl starts the postmaster function
> and other goodies.
>
> in SuSE 8.2, in the /etc/init.d/ directory the is a file called
> postgres that is used to start/stop/restart...etc the server.
>
> Is this the same thing as pg_ctl?

No. The one in /etc/init.d/ is a so called init script.
It is run when runlevel change (6 = reboot, 1 = single user, etc).

You could look for your pg_ctl in:
/usr/lib/postgresql/bin/

That's where debian puts it.

HTH
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