Re: Reg: Pg_Ctl command help

How did you install it? It should be installed as a service.

On Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 4:24 AM Nadeem Akbar basha <nadeem(dot)akbarbas(at)hcl(dot)com>
wrote:

> Hello,
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> I have a query regarding starting the Postgres server using the ‘pg_ctl’
> command in the command prompt (Windows OS).
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> I try to start the postgres server using the following command,
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> pg_ctl -D "C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.6\data" start -w
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> After the server gets started, I’m closing the command prompt. But as soon
> as I close the console, the server gets forcefully shutdown. Again I have
> to restart the server through command prompt.
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> Is there any way, where after starting the server, I have to exit the
> command prompt, still running the server at the background.
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> Please help me to resolve this issue.
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> *Thanks & Regards,*
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> *A. Nadeem Ahmed*
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