"David Parker" <dparker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> The best bet is to make sure that your postmaster start script >> invokes the postmaster as >> postmaster >> no more. No path (set PATH beforehand instead). No >> command-line switches (whatever you might want there can be >> put into postgresql.conf instead). > OK, thanks. We're using pg_ctl to start it at the moment, but we can > obviously change that. Hmm. Seems like it might be worthwhile to modify pg_ctl to use PATH and PGDATA instead of making the command line longer. AFAIR it doesn't insist on putting in any command-line switches except -D, and that's easily replaced ... regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq