Charles,
> What's the appropiate command to shut down the Postgres server
> (postmaster)?
$PGBIN/pg_ctl -D $PGDATA stop
where $PGBIN is your PG program directory, and $PGDATA is your database
directory. See the documentation, under "Server Programs-->pg_ctl" for more
instructions.
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Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco
