Re: Problem starting two postgresql clusters on the same host

Thank you Holger and others. That was it changed the in -p 5433 into one
quote and it works

Thanks

On Sat, Feb 5, 2022 at 12:41 PM Ibrahim Shaame <ishaame(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> I have created two postgresql clusters on the same host, which work
> perfectly when started individually and manually. But when putting them on
> start script, only one loads and the other fails. Any hint? My installation
> is postgresql 14.1 on Slackware 15 and my rc.postgresql looks like this:
>
> # Start PostgreSQL:
> postgresql_start() {
> if [ -x /data/apps/postgresql/pgsql141/bin/pg_ctl ]; then
> su - postgres -c "/data/apps/postgresql/pgsql141/bin/pg_ctl -D
> /data/apps/postgresql/pgsql141/data start &"
> su - postgres -c "/data/apps/postgresql/pgsql141/bin/pg_ctl -o "-p 5433"
> -D /data/apps/postgresql/pgsql141/data2 start & "
> fi
>
> ####
>
> Incidentally, when I change to postgres user and run the command of the
> second cluster in a terminal it runs perfectly. Otherwise if I source it in
> a terminal, be root or postgres user I get an error message:
> pg_ctl: no operation specified
>
> Thanks in advance
> Ibrahim Shaame
>