On May 1, 2015 17:09, "Andrew Dunstan" <and...@dunslane.net> wrote: > > > On 05/01/2015 10:14 AM, Bruce Momjian wrote: >> >> Currently initdb outputs suggested text on starting the server: >> >> Success. You can now start the database server using: >> >> /u/pgsql/bin/postgres -D /u/pgsql/data >> or >> /u/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl -D /u/pgsql/data -l logfile start >> >> I am now thinking pg_ctl should be recommended first. At the time this >> text was written pg_ctl was new. >> > > > Frankly, I would just output the pg_ctl line. Anyone who actually needs this message should probably be using pg_ctl anyway. >
+1. /Magnus