Postgres Start

["Bansal, Gaurav (Gaurav)" <gbansal@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

 

I am unable to start Postgres on Windows XP machine using following command:

 

pg_ctl start -D "D:\Platform\DevEnv\PostgreSQL\8.2\data\"

 

The error message displayed is:

 

pg_ctl: another server might be running; trying to start server anyway
2007-12-11 14:42:31 PANIC:  could not open control file "global/pg_control": Permission denied

 

 

Any pointers how can I start the Postgres using pg_ctl. I am able to control the lifecycle of Postgres using Window services "net start". However, I would like to use pg_ctl/ postgres to control the lifecycle states.

 

- Gaurav