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authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2004-12-22 02:17:15 +0000
committerBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2004-12-22 02:17:15 +0000
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Add mention that pg_ctl will return an accurate exit code when waiting
for startup or shutdown. We have always done this but it wasn't documented.
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml
index e61b2713628..7b9caf55127 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml,v 1.29 2004/11/27 21:56:05 petere Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml,v 1.30 2004/12/22 02:17:15 momjian Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
@@ -237,7 +237,9 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
has been set in the <filename>postgresql.conf</filename> file.
If neither of those is used, it will use the default port that
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> was compiled with
- (5432 by default).
+ (5432 by default). When waiting, <command>pg_ctl</command> will
+ return an accurate exit code based on the success of the startup
+ or shutdown.
</para>
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