Re: startup scripts don't function properly

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
To: <VASQUEZ_JASON@LILLY.COM>
Cc: <pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org>
Date: 2001-04-19T19:30:05Z
Lists: pgsql-bugs
VASQUEZ_JASON@LILLY.COM writes:

> 1.  The "su" commands for start/stop/restart/status are in the form of "su
> -".  This picks up the environment of the postgres user, which wipes out
> the environment variables that were set earlier in this script (e.g.,
> PGDATA).  Quick solution is to remove the extra dashes.

I have added -D options to the pg_ctl invocation.  Leaving in the '-' is
probably a good idea.

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