You might find starting and stopping postmaster easier by using pg_ctl. Eg
in a batch file the following will stop the server:
bash pg_ctl stop -D /usr/share/postgresql/data
Regards,
George
----- Original Message -----
From: <operationsengineer1@yahoo.com>
To: <pgsql-novice@postgresql.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 3:17 PM
Subject: [NOVICE] shutdown postmaster question
>i use the following commands to start the postmaster
> on my development winxp / cygwin / pgsql 7.4.5
> setup...
>
> 1.
>
> /usr/sbin/cygserver &
>
> 2.
>
> postmaster -i -D /usr/share/postgresql/data &
>
> before getting to my real question, what do the "&"
> characters do?
>
> now to the real question... how do i shut down the
> postmaster? i checked the docs bu it wasn't clear. i
> tried their example and it didn't work.
>
> i read about the signals... SIGTERM, SIGINT, or
> SIGQUIT, but i don't how to implement them since the
> example given didn't work. any help woul dbe greatly
> appreciated.
>
> i have been shutting down cygwin to end pgsql, but my
> guess is that isn't the best way to shut it down.
>
> tia...
>
>
>
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