Hi, I do not want start postgres as a service.Postgres will bundled along with my application and i am only looking at starting it only from cmd line.If there are any options to disable this cmd window which appears after executing the "pg_ctl.exe start", that would be great !
Thanks. On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Craig Ringer <cr...@postnewspapers.com.au>wrote: > CM J wrote: > > Hi, > > > > To start the postgres server in background mode in windows, i > > executed the following command: > > > > *runas /user:postgres "D:\postgres_new\pgsql\bin\pg_ctl.exe -W start -D > > D:\postgres_new\pgsql\data -l D:\postgres_new\pgsql\data\logfile"* > > > > The postgres starts up all fine and logs get redirected.However, > a > > command window gets opened which says "server starting...". How do i > disable > > this command window ? > > Run Pg as a service, and use the "net" command or the "services.msc" > snapin to start/stop the service. > > The GUI installer sets Pg up as a service by default. Why not use that? > > -- > Craig Ringer >