Tom Lane wrote:
> Kathy Zhu <Kathy.Zhu@Sun.COM> writes:
>
>> After I do psql, if I hit ctrl+C, it will terminate postmaster.
>
>
> It sounds like you've launched the postmaster from the same shell you
> are running psql in, and the shell thinks that the postmaster is
> still part of the process group it should kill on control-C.
>
> You didn't say what OS this is, but you probably need one or both of:
>
>
> * launch the postmaster from a different shell process (making a
> script to launch it will fix this);
>
> * make sure postmaster's stdin, stdout, stderr are all redirected
> away from the terminal.
On some OSs redirecting does not automatically detach from the control
terminal.
Jan
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