"David Parker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> The best bet is to make sure that your postmaster start script 
>> invokes the postmaster as
>>      postmaster
>> no more.  No path (set PATH beforehand instead).  No 
>> command-line switches (whatever you might want there can be 
>> put into postgresql.conf instead).

> OK, thanks. We're using pg_ctl to start it at the moment, but we can
> obviously change that.

Hmm.  Seems like it might be worthwhile to modify pg_ctl to use PATH
and PGDATA instead of making the command line longer.  AFAIR it doesn't
insist on putting in any command-line switches except -D, and that's
easily replaced ...

                        regards, tom lane

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