On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 4:54 AM, Ian Harding <harding.ian@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I don't think it would get any further... It fails and --retain says > "Retain sql and log files after success" I can look at that log file and > all it indicates is failure to start the server. > > Maybe I should rephrase the question: pg_ctl returns failure, even though > it starts the server, when run with the -w flag. How long does the server take to start? If it takes the server more than 1 minute to start, then what you describe is expected. Cheers, Jeff -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
