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Update pg_ctl docs to explain server output behavior differences on

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win32 and non-win32 platforms.
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Bruce Momjian 2010-06-22 16:19:36 +00:00
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$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml,v 1.50 2010/04/08 01:39:37 rhaas Exp $
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PostgreSQL documentation
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<para>
In <option>start</option> mode, a new server is launched. The
server is started in the background, and standard input is attached to
<filename>/dev/null</filename>. The standard output and standard
error are either appended to a log file (if the <option>-l</option>
option is used), or redirected to <application>pg_ctl</application>'s
standard output (not standard error). If no log file is chosen, the
standard output of <application>pg_ctl</application> should be redirected
to a file or piped to another process such as a log rotating program
like <application>rotatelogs</>; otherwise <command>postgres</command>
will write its output to the controlling terminal (from the background)
and will not leave the shell's process group.
server is started in the background, and standard input is attached
to <filename>/dev/null</filename> (or <literal>nul</> on Windows).
On Unix-like systems, by default, the server's standard output and
standard error are send to <application>pg_ctl</application>'s
standard output (not standard error). The standard output of
<application>pg_ctl</application> should then be redirected to a
file or piped to another process such as a log rotating program
like <application>rotatelogs</>; otherwise <command>postgres</command>
will write its output to the controlling terminal (from the
background) and will not leave the shell's process group. On
Windows, by default the server's standard output and standard error
are sent to the terminal. These default behaviors can be changed
by using <option>-l</option> to append server output to a log file.
</para>
<para>