Thread: pgsql: pg_ctl: improve handling of invalid data directory

pg_ctl:  improve handling of invalid data directory

Return '4' and report a meaningful error message when a non-existent or
invalid data directory is passed.  Previously, pg_ctl would just report
the server was not running.

Patch by me and Amit Kapila
Report from Peter Eisentraut

Branch
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master

Details
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http://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/11d205e2bd66cefe0b7d69c02e831cd055cbb5bb

Modified Files
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doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml |    3 ++-
src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c          |   48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)