On 11/18/13, 8:09 PM, Josh Berkus wrote: > a) by default, it returns to the caller without waiting for postgres to > actually start/stop/restart. In this mode, it also always returns > success regardless of result.
The reason for this is that until sometime recently (PQping) we didn't have a reliable way to check whether the server is up. This might be different now, but it would need to be verified. > b) by default, it remains attached to the caller's tty for stdout and > stderr, even after it has switched to the regular postgres log. Can pg_ctl tell when the postgres log has switched? -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
