"Chris Barnes" <cbarnes@recognia.com> writes:
> [postgres@pgprd01 ~]$ /opt/PostgreSQL/8.3/bin/pg_ctl -w start -D
> \"/data/pgsql/data/\" -l \"/data/pgsql/data//pg_log/startup.log\"
Those backslashes don't look like a good idea: the quotes are ending
up as part of the file names.
regards, tom lane