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| author | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2010-06-22 16:19:36 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2010-06-22 16:19:36 +0000 |
| commit | 7b6f29006ec5a4e8d9d78c5184940aee31ff40e0 (patch) | |
| tree | 5cf403593776320397788ebb040fa95342d1e06b | |
| parent | 8327060dc2dbca8c2220bbdaa0c86342473ad63f (diff) | |
Update pg_ctl docs to explain server output behavior differences on
win32 and non-win32 platforms.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml | 25 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml index 99d9eb0ca72..61e4e397c94 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml,v 1.50 2010/04/08 01:39:37 rhaas Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml,v 1.51 2010/06/22 16:19:36 momjian Exp $ PostgreSQL documentation --> @@ -134,16 +134,19 @@ PostgreSQL documentation <para> In <option>start</option> mode, a new server is launched. The - server is started in the background, and standard input is attached to - <filename>/dev/null</filename>. The standard output and standard - error are either appended to a log file (if the <option>-l</option> - option is used), or redirected to <application>pg_ctl</application>'s - standard output (not standard error). If no log file is chosen, the - standard output of <application>pg_ctl</application> should be redirected - to a file or piped to another process such as a log rotating program - like <application>rotatelogs</>; otherwise <command>postgres</command> - will write its output to the controlling terminal (from the background) - and will not leave the shell's process group. + server is started in the background, and standard input is attached + to <filename>/dev/null</filename> (or <literal>nul</> on Windows). + On Unix-like systems, by default, the server's standard output and + standard error are send to <application>pg_ctl</application>'s + standard output (not standard error). The standard output of + <application>pg_ctl</application> should then be redirected to a + file or piped to another process such as a log rotating program + like <application>rotatelogs</>; otherwise <command>postgres</command> + will write its output to the controlling terminal (from the + background) and will not leave the shell's process group. On + Windows, by default the server's standard output and standard error + are sent to the terminal. These default behaviors can be changed + by using <option>-l</option> to append server output to a log file. </para> <para> |