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.
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