Re: No documentation on how pg_ctl is installed

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>
To: hiroki(dot)yotsukura(at)gsa(dot)gov, pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: No documentation on how pg_ctl is installed
Date: 2024-04-24 07:43:41
Message-ID: afa13fb6-a698-48ed-b136-9ba1466aefe6@eisentraut.org
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On 23.04.24 14:40, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
>
> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/15/app-pg-ctl.html
> Description:
>
> I have used postgresql(at)14 for several years and have always used pg_ctl to
> start the postgres server, check status etc.
>
> I tried upgrading to postgresql(at)15 with the command brew install
> postgresql(at)15 on a Mac from Terminal and pg_ctl is apparently not installed.
> The Documentation page for pg_ctl goes into all kinds of detail about the
> utility, the options to use, etc. but NOTHING about how it is installed,
> troubleshooting when it doesn't work or when it is not found. Google
> searches yield very little information also.

I see pg_ctl in the normal package-specific bin directory, e.g.,
/usr/local/opt/postgresql(at)15/bin/pg_ctl or
/opt/homebrew/opt/postgresql(at)15/bin/pg_ctl.

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