"Tena Sakai" <tsakai(at)gallo(dot)ucsf(dot)edu> writes:
> When I issued, on a linux machine, the following
> command as user postgres:
> ~/bin/pg_ctl -D ~/bin reload
> It wasn't happy.
As well it shouldn't be. -D is supposed to specify the data directory,
not the place where the executables are.
> Upon checking, I discovered that the file postmaster.pid was
> in data directory and as I copied it into ~/bin directory (and
> changed the ownership and permission appropriately),
That was a bad idea; you'll have to delete it from there manually.
regards, tom lane