Oops, thanks. I misread it.
after all that, it should be
nohup /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
</dev/null >> /usr/local/pgsql/logs/server.log 2>>1 &
where logs = your pgsql log directory :)
> >> Should the command look like this than:
> >> nohup /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -D
> /usr/local/pgsql/data/server.log &
>
> > That should work, yep.
>
>Uh, nope.
>
>That will try to use /usr/local/pgsql/data/server.log as a directory.
>
>Your original advice was better.
>
> regards, tom lane
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