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  • Committer: Bazaar Package Importer
  • Author(s): Martin Pitt
  • Date: 2011-06-14 09:53:29 UTC
  • mto: (6.1.1 sid) (10.1.1 oneiric-proposed) (1.2.1)
  • mto: This revision was merged to the branch mainline in revision 5.
  • Revision ID: james.westby@ubuntu.com-20110614095329-71gfhjywyp2c27au
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.\"     Title: pg_ctl
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.\"    Author: The PostgreSQL Global Development Group
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.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.75.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
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.\"      Date: 2011-04-27
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.\"    Manual: PostgreSQL 9.1beta1 Documentation
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.\"    Source: PostgreSQL 9.1beta1
 
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.\"      Date: 2011-06-09
 
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.\"    Manual: PostgreSQL 9.1beta2 Documentation
 
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.\"    Source: PostgreSQL 9.1beta2
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.\"  Language: English
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.TH "PG_CTL" "1" "2011-04-27" "PostgreSQL 9.1beta1" "PostgreSQL 9.1beta1 Documentation"
 
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.TH "PG_CTL" "1" "2011-06-09" "PostgreSQL 9.1beta2" "PostgreSQL 9.1beta2 Documentation"
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.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE *
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.SH "NAME"
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pg_ctl \- initialize, start, stop, or restart a PostgreSQL server
 
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pg_ctl \- initialize, start, stop, or control a PostgreSQL server
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.\" pg_ctl
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.HP \w'pg_ctl\ 'u
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.HP \w'pg_ctl\ 'u
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pg_ctl restart [\-w] [\-t\ \fIseconds\fR] [\-s] [\-D\ \fIdatadir\fR] [\-c] [\-m\ [s[mart]]\ |\ [f[ast]]\ |\ [i[mmediate]]] [\-o\ \fIoptions\fR]
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.HP \w'pg_ctl\ 'u
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pg_ctl promote [\-s] [\-D\ \fIdatadir\fR]
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.HP \w'pg_ctl\ 'u
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pg_ctl reload [\-s] [\-D\ \fIdatadir\fR]
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.HP \w'pg_ctl\ 'u
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pg_ctl status [\-D\ \fIdatadir\fR]
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pg_ctl kill [\fIsignal_name\fR] [\fIprocess_id\fR]
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.HP \w'pg_ctl\ 'u
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pg_ctl register [\-N\ \fIservicename\fR] [\-U\ \fIusername\fR] [\-P\ \fIpassword\fR] [\-D\ \fIdatadir\fR] [\-S\ [a[uto]]\ |\ [d[emand]]] [\-w] [\-t\ \fIseconds\fR] [\-o\ \fIoptions\fR]
 
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pg_ctl promote [\-s] [\-D\ \fIdatadir\fR]
 
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pg_ctl kill \fIsignal_name\fR \fIprocess_id\fR
 
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pg_ctl register [\-N\ \fIservicename\fR] [\-U\ \fIusername\fR] [\-P\ \fIpassword\fR] [\-D\ \fIdatadir\fR] [\-S\ [a[uto]]\ |\ [d[emand]]] [\-w] [\-t\ \fIseconds\fR] [\-s] [\-o\ \fIoptions\fR]
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pg_ctl unregister [\-N\ \fIservicename\fR]
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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postgres
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command\-line options\&.
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.PP
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mode, the standby server that is running in the specified data directory is commanded to exit recovery and begin read\-write operations\&.
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mode simply sends the
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postgres
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and the command line options that were used to invoke it are displayed\&.
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mode, the standby server that is running in the specified data directory is commanded to exit recovery and begin read\-write operations\&.
 
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\fBkill\fR
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mode allows you to send a signal to a specified process\&. This is particularly valuable for
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Microsoft Windows
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Name of the system service to register\&. The name will be used as both the service name and the display name\&.
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User name for the user to start the service\&. For domain users, use the format
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Password for the user to start the service\&.
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auto
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.SH "ENVIRONMENT"
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\fBPGDATA\fR