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authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2011-10-13 13:01:56 -0400
committerBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2011-10-13 13:02:36 -0400
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Have pg_ctl return an exit status of 3 if the server is not running, to
match the Linux Standard Base Core Specification 3.1. Aaron W. Swenson
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml
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--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml
@@ -205,7 +205,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<option>status</option> mode checks whether a server is running in
the specified data directory. If it is, the <acronym>PID</acronym>
and the command line options that were used to invoke it are
- displayed.
+ displayed. If the server is not running, the process returns an
+ exit status of 3.
</para>
<para>