On Mon, 25 Aug 2003, Steve Santacroce wrote: > Sorry, forgot to write that. It was in the line. The wierd thing is that I > can type: > /usr/local/bin/pg_ctl -D /pgdata -l /var/log/pgsql start > > and it will start, but if I use: > > su -l pgsql -c exec "/usr/local/bin/pg_ctl -D /pgdata -l /var/log/pgsql > start" > > it doesn't work! And I'm still confused as to why the script doesn't work.
Terse answer: Do not use quotes in your exec statement. yuji ---- Yuji Shinozaki Computer Systems Senior Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Advanced Technologies Group (434)924-7171 Information Technology & Communication http://www.people.virginia.edu/~ys2n University of Virginia ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org