Re: 'pg_ctl status' not working

On Nov 9, 2003, at 5:19 PM, Tom Lane wrote:

> Most likely, pg_ctl has the wrong idea about which data directory to
> look in. Do you have PGDATA set in your user environment? Does it
> match where the postmaster is actually running?

That was it. I thought PGDATA was set, but it turns out I had left off
the first "root" slash in the pathname.

>> Postgres 7.3.3 on Max OS X 10.3
>
> I'd suggest updating to 7.3.4 --- 7.3.3 has a nasty bug that once in a
> while will keep the postmaster from restarting after shutdown.

Thanks for the tip. I need to recompile sooner or later anyway....

Michael

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