On Mar 22 20:39, d. henman wrote: > Marco, thanks for the direction. ($ cygrunsrv.exe -S cygserver ) > > I might have tried $ cygrunsrv -s server (without the cyg prefix) > > According to: /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/postgresql.README > " cygrunsrv is not required anymore, pg_ctl has now the service > functions included. > cygserver must run as service, CYGWIN must contain server." > > That phrase "cygrunsrv is not required anymore" threw me off. > So the above is wrong in that it is needed to start cygserver. > And the environment variable CYGWIN needs to contain the text, "server" in it.
CYGWIN="server" is old and not needed anymore: http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html#cygwinenv-removed-options Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat