Re: pg_ctl restart issue with relative paths - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Josh Kupershmidt
Subject Re: pg_ctl restart issue with relative paths
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Msg-id CAK3UJRERVnNhcgof1s=ukOem00F5wnpZVzTxLbgWWJet3yTM2g@mail.gmail.com
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In response to pg_ctl restart issue with relative paths  (Thom Brown <thom@linux.com>)
Responses Re: pg_ctl restart issue with relative paths  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Re: pg_ctl restart issue with relative paths  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
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On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 3:56 PM, Thom Brown <thom@linux.com> wrote:

> I have noticed that, using pg_ctl, if you start Postgres using a
> relative path, then attempt to restart it from anywhere else, it
> fails.

Yeah, I was complaining about the same problem here:
  http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2011-10/msg00210.php

and at least there's a doc note now warning against using relative
paths, though it sure would be nice if we could fix this gripe.

Josh

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