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Wording improvements for pg_ctl manual page.

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Bruce Momjian 2010-12-22 09:11:33 -05:00
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@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<para>
The existence of this file in the data directory is used to help
<application>pg_ctl</application> determine if the server is
currently running or not.
currently running.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -536,8 +536,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
</para>
<para>
An example of starting the server, blocking until the server has
come up is:
An example of starting the server, and waiting until the server is
accepting connection:
<screen>
<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>pg_ctl -w start</userinput>
</screen>
@ -555,11 +555,12 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<refsect2 id="R2-APP-PGCTL-4">
<title>Stopping the Server</title>
<para>
To stop the server, use:
<screen>
<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>pg_ctl stop</userinput>
</screen>
stops the server. Using the <option>-m</option> switch allows one
to control <emphasis>how</emphasis> the backend shuts down.
The <option>-m</option> option allows control over
<emphasis>how</emphasis> the server shuts down.
</para>
</refsect2>
@ -568,7 +569,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<para>
Restarting the server is almost equivalent to stopping the
server and starting it again
server and starting it again,
except that <command>pg_ctl</command> saves and reuses the command line options that
were passed to the previously running instance. To restart
the server in the simplest form, use:
@ -579,14 +580,14 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<para>
To restart the server,
waiting for it to shut down and come up again:
waiting for it to shut down and restart:
<screen>
<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>pg_ctl -w restart</userinput>
</screen>
</para>
<para>
To restart using port 5433 and disabling <function>fsync</> after restarting:
To restart using port 5433 and disabe <function>fsync</> upon restart:
<screen>
<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>pg_ctl -o "-F -p 5433" restart</userinput>
</screen>
@ -597,7 +598,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<title>Showing the Server Status</title>
<para>
Here is a sample status output from
Here is sample status output from
<application>pg_ctl</application>:
<screen>
<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>pg_ctl status</userinput>