| From: | Yuji Shinozaki <ys2n(at)virginia(dot)edu> |
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| To: | Steve Santacroce <steves(at)csh(dot)rit(dot)edu> |
| Cc: | pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: pg_ctl won't start postgres, but postmaster will?! |
| Date: | 2003-08-27 18:15:04 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.44.0308271354400.11973-100000@atg2000.itc.virginia.edu |
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On Mon, 25 Aug 2003, Steve Santacroce wrote:
> Sorry, forgot to write that. It was in the line. The wierd thing is that I
> can type:
> /usr/local/bin/pg_ctl -D /pgdata -l /var/log/pgsql start
>
> and it will start, but if I use:
>
> su -l pgsql -c exec "/usr/local/bin/pg_ctl -D /pgdata -l /var/log/pgsql
> start"
>
> it doesn't work! And I'm still confused as to why the script doesn't work.
Terse answer: Do not use quotes in your exec statement.
yuji
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