pg_ctl start leaves dos window open

[Richard van den Berg <richard.vandenberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am running PostgreSQL 8.1 on Windows
Server 2003. Our setup should allow a normal (non-administrator) user to
start the database. Since the user is not allowed to start services, I
am trying a direct "pg_ctl start" approach. However, running
this from a shortcut, leaves a dos window open with the words "postmaster
starting". After stopping postgres, "logger shutting down"
appears before the window is closed. I have tried to redirect stdout, stderr
and stdin to nul, but this just makes the window empty, it still does not
disappear until the database is stopped. Using the -l option of pg_ctl
also does not help. 

Is there a way for this setup to work,
without the dos box being visable all the time? I use system logging, so
I don't need the stdout/stderr of pg_ctl.

Sincerely,

Richard van den Berg, CISSP
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