Maurice Yarrow <yarrow(at)best(dot)com> writes:
> I am hoping that there is an equivalent
> upgraded init.d/postgresql startup/shutdown script available
> for the postgres 8.1 tree.
The Postgres project proper doesn't maintain system-specific start
scripts. Look in the RPM distributions instead --- either Fedora
or the PGDG RPMs should provide something that will work.
regards, tom lane