Well, I can start the server with.... postmaster -D /myplace/db
... and then... ^z bg ... to get to the prompt. But each/every time a message from the postmaster gets logged, it goes to stdout of the current window. I want it to go to a logfile. Attempts to redirect with "&" all seem to fail. "postmaster -d myplace/db -l logfile start" (as was in the message right after the initial db create) doesn't seem to work. I'll request v8.2.5. Thanks for the advise. -dave -----Original Message----- From: Scott Marlowe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 4:13 PM To: Gauthier, Dave Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [GENERAL] postmaster logfile On Dec 3, 2007 2:35 PM, Gauthier, Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What's a good way to start the postmaster, send the log info to a logfile > somewhere, and return the linux prompt? Use whatever startup script comes with the pacakge for your OS. I.e. in redhat or suse you should have a postgresql script that lives in /etc/init.d/ that gets symlinked to the appropriate /etc/rc.d/rcx.d directory. > v8.2.0 on suse64 You should really be running at least 8.2.4, preferable 8.2.5. 8.2.0 has some nasty bugs. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
