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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/standalone-install.xml | 12 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml index ee518fb9b6b..449386243b2 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ mkdir /usr/local/pgsql/data chown postgres /usr/local/pgsql/data su - postgres /usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data -/usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres -D /usr/local/pgsql/data >logfile 2>&1 & +/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl -D /usr/local/pgsql/data -l logfile start /usr/local/pgsql/bin/createdb test /usr/local/pgsql/bin/psql test </synopsis> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/standalone-install.xml b/doc/src/sgml/standalone-install.xml index 62582effed2..f584789f9a4 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/standalone-install.xml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/standalone-install.xml @@ -77,25 +77,21 @@ postgres$ <userinput>/usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data</useri The previous <command>initdb</command> step should have told you how to start up the database server. Do so now. The command should look something like: -<programlisting>/usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres -D /usr/local/pgsql/data</programlisting> - This will start the server in the foreground. To put the server - in the background use something like: -<programlisting>nohup /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres -D /usr/local/pgsql/data \ - </dev/null >>server.log 2>&1 </dev/null &</programlisting> +<programlisting>/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl -D /usr/local/pgsql/data start</programlisting> </para> <para> To stop a server running in the background you can type: -<programlisting>kill `cat /usr/local/pgsql/data/postmaster.pid`</programlisting> +<programlisting>/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl -D /usr/local/pgsql/data stop</programlisting> </para> </step> <step> <para> Create a database: -<screen><userinput>createdb testdb</userinput></screen> +<screen><userinput>/usr/local/pgsql/bin/createdb testdb</userinput></screen> Then enter: -<screen><userinput>psql testdb</userinput></screen> +<screen><userinput>/usr/local/pgsql/bin/psql testdb</userinput></screen> to connect to that database. At the prompt you can enter SQL commands and start experimenting. </para> |