On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 5:32 PM, Sairam Krishnamurthy <kmsram...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Scott, > > I get this error. > > server starting > krishnam@nipa-umh:/media/extension/var/lib$ postgres: invalid argument: > "config_file=/etc/postgresql/8.4/main/postgresql.conf" > > tried with both -o and -c arguments. > My mistake, I screwed up! /usr/lib/postgresql/8.4/bin/pg_ctl start -D /media/extension/var/lib/postgresql/8.4/main/ -o "-c config_file="/etc/postgresql/8.4/main/postgresql.conf" (-c inside the quotes) --Scott Thanks, > Sairam Krishnamurthy > +1 612 859 8161 > > > On 02/15/2011 04:27 PM, Scott Mead wrote: > > /usr/lib/postgresql/8.4/bin/pg_ctl start -D > /media/extension/var/lib/postgresql/8.4/main/ -o > config_file="/etc/postgresql/8.4/main/postgresql.conf > >