Re: Starting Postgresql

I think you're better off to use the official documentation.
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/

(chose the docs for the version you're running on the right side of that
page).

The docs you're currently referencing are for 7.0 - which is stone-age
postgresql.

On Wednesday 20 December 2006 11:57, Bob Pawley wrote:
> Here's the url http://fusion.gat.com/~osborne/dbdoc/postgres/postmaster.htm
>
> Bob
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Huxton" <dev(at)archonet(dot)com>
> To: "Raymond O'Donnell" <rod(at)iol(dot)ie>
> Cc: "Postgresql" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 11:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Starting Postgresql
>
> > Raymond O'Donnell wrote:
> >> On 20 Dec 2006 at 11:12, Bob Pawley wrote:
> >>> which in PostgreSQL is????
> >>
> >> It's not in PostgreSQL - it's the shell of your operating system. In
> >> Windows, you get that either by clicking Start -> Run and typing
> >> "command" or "cmd" (depending on your version of windows), or by
> >> clicking on Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> Command prompt.
> >
> > But in any case, you probably don't want to start it like that. On
> > Windows you probably want to go into the service manager (in
> > administrative tools iirc) and on Linux something like
> > /etc/init.d/postgresql start - that way you'll get the proper startup
> > sequence, setting any environment variables and redirecting logging etc.
> >
> > By the way - what page were you quoting that intruction from? I don't
> > recognise it. I'm particularly puzzled because it referred to "Postgres"
> > rather than "PostgreSQL".
> >
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> > Richard Huxton
> > Archonet Ltd
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