Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 16:05:39 +0100 (MET) From: Zahemszky Gabor <zgabor@CoDe.hu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org (FreeBSD questions) Cc: h.wickhorst@elmshorn.netsurf.de Subject: Re: Starting postgres at bootup Message-ID: <199703051505.QAA00310@CoDe.hu> In-Reply-To: <199703032247.XAA13367@thor.shn.com> from Henning Wickhorst at "Mar 3, 97 11:47:32 pm"
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> I found the solution: > /bin/echo "/u/pgsql/bin/postmaster -D/u/pgsql/data > \ > /u/pgsql/server.log 2>&1 &" | /usr/bin/su - postgres > ^ > | > This dash was causing the problem. I took it away and eyerything > works fine. > > Does anybody know what this dash is exactly doing ? Hi! Well, it's not in the manual (2.1.5), but it means: simulate a full login of user, (as the ``-l'' option in the FreeBSD's manual). It's the old semantic, used most of the Unices (I worked on), but it's in the sources, too. Of course, you need the source to verify it :-) Gabor
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