On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 01:57:46PM -0600, Mimi Wu wrote:
>
> $ postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
... snip ...
> LOG: database system is ready
>
> Then it hangs there forever. What should I do next? use C^ C to stop it?
Add a "&" at the end of the command to get it to run in the background.
Example:
$ postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data &
Part of the reason why pg_ctl is nicer.
Note to maintainers: this should be added to the FAQ_MSWIN and *README
files.
--Dan
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