Andrew Dunstan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Bruce Momjian wrote: >> How about an environment variable to control the timeout? Is that >> cleaner?
> I don't see why it should be. I think Peter's --timeout suggestion > should be just fine. I wrote a moment ago that the user can hit control-C when he gets bored, but that argument only works for interactive use of pg_ctl. In a script I think you'd want a --timeout option. I don't see the advantage of an environment variable in either scenario. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly