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authorTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2000-03-26 06:58:17 +0000
committerTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2000-03-26 06:58:17 +0000
commit7c81a130a4f4e5105fd75e23f392bd59acd7c5d5 (patch)
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parentba834d6425ff67dbb532c2d7e26e36711de97ff3 (diff)
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Fix erroneous claim that 'postmaster -S' leaves the postmaster running
in the foreground --- in fact, it auto-detaches.
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml5
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/trouble.sgml5
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
index bfab6603397..b937471e530 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
@@ -70,9 +70,8 @@
% postmaster -S
</ProgramListing>
and the <Application>postmaster</Application> will be "S"ilent.
- Notice that there
- is no ampersand ("&amp") at the end of the last example so
- postmaster will be running in the foreground.
+ No ampersand ("&amp") is required in this case, since the postmaster
+ automatically detaches from the terminal when -S is specified.
</Para>
</sect1>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/trouble.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/trouble.sgml
index 776e96f7163..dae22b33720 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/trouble.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/trouble.sgml
@@ -156,9 +156,8 @@ FATAL 1: Database testdb does not exist in pg_database
% postmaster -S
</ProgramListing>
and the <Application>postmaster</Application> will be "S"ilent.
- Notice that there
- is no ampersand ("&amp") at the end of the last example so
- postmaster will be running in the foreground.
+ No ampersand ("&amp") is required in this case, since the postmaster
+ automatically detaches from the terminal when -S is specified.
</Para>
<sect2 Id="pg-options-trouble">