pg_ctl status with nonexistent data directory

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: pg_ctl status with nonexistent data directory
Date: 2013-11-02 19:32:13
Message-ID: 1383420733.20719.4.camel@vanquo.pezone.net
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This doesn't seem right:

$ pg_ctl -D /nowhere status
pg_ctl: no server running

It does exit with status 3, so it's not all that broken, but I think the
error message could be more accurate.

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