I'm sending the patch below for inclusion.
Originally I ran this by pgsql-hackers, just to confirm the docs (and not
the code) were in need of the fix, which seems to be the case:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2011-09/msg00614.php
Thanks
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Mark
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On 15 October 2011 03:24, Thom Brown wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I notice that in the man page and the page for pg_ctl in the
> documentation (http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/app-pg-ctl.html)
> it states that the -D parameter should point to the directory which
> contains the database files:
>