Re: initdb start server recommendation

From: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Subject: Re: initdb start server recommendation
Date: 2015-05-03 21:08:09
Message-ID: CABUevEzDy6phfWLvUmP7TXXSj3Jq7sFeakyLFo6D749qXqhYbQ@mail.gmail.com
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On May 1, 2015 17:09, "Andrew Dunstan" <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> wrote:
>
>
> On 05/01/2015 10:14 AM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>>
>> Currently initdb outputs suggested text on starting the server:
>>
>> Success. You can now start the database server using:
>>
>> /u/pgsql/bin/postgres -D /u/pgsql/data
>> or
>> /u/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl -D /u/pgsql/data -l logfile start
>>
>> I am now thinking pg_ctl should be recommended first. At the time this
>> text was written pg_ctl was new.
>>
>
>
> Frankly, I would just output the pg_ctl line. Anyone who actually needs
this message should probably be using pg_ctl anyway.
>

+1.

/Magnus

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