*Users* are starting up postmaster? *shrug* ISTM you're left with the following choices:
Users of the application that can start up the postmaster of course. Some poeple dont like using the command line. :P
1. Work at it until you've figured-out just the right combination of shell escapes to get the path though pg_ctl's "cooking." The prior caveat applies: If pg_ctl is modified relative to that switch's argument handling, it'll break again.
2. Modify pg_ctl so the argument, in all its processing, is preserved with embedded spaces. Of course, the next release of pgsql would require re-doing it if pg_ctl is changed.
3. Talk pgsql's developers into fixing the "problem." (If you fix it, as in #2, you could submit a patch.)
4. Tell your users not to do that. Spaces in pathnames are pure evil anyway. A problem generally only found with end-users using (only) point-n-drool tools.
Personally, looking at pg_ctl's code, I think #1 is exceedingly unlikely to succeed. #2 (and, by extension, #3) looks kind of iffy, too.
im probably going to try all of them until i find something that succeeds. I might just pass it all to the postmaster directly.
thanks!
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