Mike,
Please post instead of sending private email.
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 11:18:51AM -0600, Michael Rieser wrote:
> I'm trying to get PostgreSQL 7.3 working under Windows 2000 as a
> service.
>
> I've run the most recent cygwin setup.exe to install postgresql.
>
> I've followed the postgresql-7.3.README as well as I can.
>
> The shell script "postmaster" seems to be missing. I can find doc
> files and man pages referring to it, but it's not in the distribution.
> To avoid confusion, either the README should change or the shell
> script should be included.
postmaster *is* included in the distribution, but it is a symlink:
$ tar -tvjf postgresql-7.3-1.tar.bz2 usr/bin/postmaster
lrwxrwxrwx jt/Domain Users 0 2002-12-03 09:26:25 usr/bin/postmaster ->
postgres.exe
> I'm assuming pg_ctl can be substituted for postmaster, but I haven't
> figured out the mapping yet.
No.
> Would you mind emailing me the cygwin version of postmaster, or
> letting me know what to run instead?
Are you trying to invoke postmaster from cmd? If so, then this could
explain your problem.
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
> Also, I found this website helpful for setting up the Local Policy file
>
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/bts_2002/htm/lat_ins_guide_qzqd.asp
>
> This is the part of the README I'm trying to follow:
> 4. Install postmaster as a NT service:
>
> # cygrunsrv --install postmaster --path /usr/bin/postmaster --args "-D
> /usr/share/postgresql/data -i" --dep ipc-daemon --termsig INT --user
> postgres --shutdown
Thanks for the pointer, but I don't see the relevance.
Jason
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