Thanks, I will give it a try.
I have also got Postgres running on Windows 98. I will be giving it a good
work out soon
Richard
>From: Jason Tishler <Jason.Tishler@dothill.com>
>To: Richard Church <rfchurch@hotmail.com>
>CC: pgsql-cygwin@postgresql.org
>Subject: Re: [CYGWIN] Start up and shutdown scripts for postgres on cygwin
>Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 13:53:38 -0400
>
>Richard,
>
>On Mon, May 28, 2001 at 01:27:12AM -0000, Richard Church wrote:
> > I am new to cygwin how I can use the equivalent of Linux rc.d scripts in
> > cygwin to get postgres started
> >
> > I want to run postgres automatically after I start cygwin, and get it to
> > shutdown when cygwin shuts down.
>
>Try using cygrunsrv that is part of Cygwin now -- the README has a
>PostgreSQL example in it.
>
> > It is always necessary to redefine the PGDATA variable after I start.
>The
> > variables don't remain after cygwin shuts down.
> >
> > What sort of script can I use to achieve this?
>
>You can always add this to your .bash_profile (just like on Linux).
>
>Jason
>
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