> >>> I thought that output to stderr generally goes into the 
> bit bucket 
> >>> in Windows.
> 
> > It is never ignored. WHen running as a service, you will 
> only see it 
> > if ou check the box "allow service to interact with 
> desktop", and this 
> > can only be done on Local System services (thus not 
> postgresql) So in 
> > this case, the end effect will be that you can't see it. 
> But you will 
> > most definitly see it when running it from the commandline 
> (say, when 
> > you are debugging why it won't start..)
> 
> I guess the important question is whether it is possible to 
> redirect stderr into a file on Windows.  If not, I'd say the 
> output-to-stderr option is pretty useless on that platform.  
> I certainly don't want critical messages sent to stderr with 
> no possibility of capture.

It is. From the commandline, not from a service. (You could do it from a
service wrapper, I think, but somebody reported problems with that
earlier)

//Magnus


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