Re: pgsql-server/src backend/main/main.c backend/p ...

"Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net> writes:
>>> I thought that output to stderr generally goes into the bit
>>> bucket in Windows.

> It is never ignored. WHen running as a service, you will only see it if
> ou check the box "allow service to interact with desktop", and this can
> only be done on Local System services (thus not postgresql) So in this
> case, the end effect will be that you can't see it. But you will most
> definitly see it when running it from the commandline (say, when you are
> debugging why it won't start..)

I guess the important question is whether it is possible to redirect
stderr into a file on Windows. If not, I'd say the output-to-stderr
option is pretty useless on that platform. I certainly don't want
critical messages sent to stderr with no possibility of capture.

regards, tom lane