postgresql/doc/src/sgml/ref
Bruce Momjian 11d205e2bd pg_ctl: improve handling of invalid data directory
Return '4' and report a meaningful error message when a non-existent or
invalid data directory is passed.  Previously, pg_ctl would just report
the server was not running.

Patch by me and Amit Kapila
Report from Peter Eisentraut
2014-03-08 12:15:25 -05:00
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abort.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
allfiles.sgml Add ALTER SYSTEM command to edit the server configuration file. 2013-12-18 23:42:44 +09:00
alter_aggregate.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
alter_collation.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
alter_conversion.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
alter_database.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
alter_default_privileges.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
alter_domain.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
alter_event_trigger.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
alter_extension.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
alter_foreign_data_wrapper.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
alter_foreign_table.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
alter_function.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
alter_group.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
alter_index.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
alter_language.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
alter_large_object.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
alter_materialized_view.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
alter_opclass.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
alter_operator.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
alter_opfamily.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
alter_role.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
alter_rule.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
alter_schema.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
alter_sequence.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
alter_server.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
alter_system.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
alter_table.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
alter_tablespace.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
alter_trigger.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
alter_tsconfig.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
alter_tsdictionary.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
alter_tsparser.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
alter_tstemplate.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
alter_type.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
alter_user_mapping.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
alter_user.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
alter_view.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
analyze.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
begin.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
checkpoint.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
close.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
cluster.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
clusterdb.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
comment.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
commit_prepared.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
commit.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
copy.sgml Provide a FORCE NULL option to COPY in CSV mode. 2014-03-04 17:31:59 -05:00
create_aggregate.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
create_cast.sgml docs: remove unnecessary references to old PG versions 2014-02-24 12:56:37 -05:00
create_collation.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
create_conversion.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
create_database.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
create_domain.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
create_event_trigger.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
create_extension.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
create_foreign_data_wrapper.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
create_foreign_table.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
create_function.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
create_group.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
create_index.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
create_language.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
create_materialized_view.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
create_opclass.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
create_operator.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
create_opfamily.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
create_role.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
create_rule.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
create_schema.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
create_sequence.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
create_server.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
create_table_as.sgml docs: remove unnecessary references to old PG versions 2014-02-24 12:56:37 -05:00
create_table.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
create_tablespace.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
create_trigger.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
create_tsconfig.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
create_tsdictionary.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
create_tsparser.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
create_tstemplate.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
create_type.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
create_user_mapping.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
create_user.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
create_view.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
createdb.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
createlang.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
createuser.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
deallocate.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
declare.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
delete.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
discard.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
do.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
drop_aggregate.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
drop_cast.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
drop_collation.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
drop_conversion.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
drop_database.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
drop_domain.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
drop_event_trigger.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
drop_extension.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
drop_foreign_data_wrapper.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
drop_foreign_table.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
drop_function.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
drop_group.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
drop_index.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
drop_language.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
drop_materialized_view.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
drop_opclass.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
drop_operator.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
drop_opfamily.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
drop_owned.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
drop_role.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
drop_rule.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
drop_schema.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
drop_sequence.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
drop_server.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
drop_table.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
drop_tablespace.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
drop_trigger.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
drop_tsconfig.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
drop_tsdictionary.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
drop_tsparser.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
drop_tstemplate.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
drop_type.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
drop_user_mapping.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
drop_user.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
drop_view.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
dropdb.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
droplang.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
dropuser.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
ecpg-ref.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
end.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
execute.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
explain.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
fetch.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
grant.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
initdb.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
insert.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
listen.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
load.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
lock.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
move.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
notify.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
pg_basebackup.sgml Allow BASE_BACKUP to be throttled 2014-02-27 18:55:57 -03:00
pg_config-ref.sgml docs: remove unnecessary references to old PG versions 2014-02-24 12:56:37 -05:00
pg_controldata.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
pg_ctl-ref.sgml pg_ctl: improve handling of invalid data directory 2014-03-08 12:15:25 -05:00
pg_dump.sgml pg_dump et al: Add --if-exists option 2014-03-03 15:02:18 -03:00
pg_dumpall.sgml pg_dump et al: Add --if-exists option 2014-03-03 15:02:18 -03:00
pg_isready.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
pg_receivexlog.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
pg_resetxlog.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
pg_restore.sgml pg_dump et al: Add --if-exists option 2014-03-03 15:02:18 -03:00
postgres-ref.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
postmaster.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
prepare_transaction.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
prepare.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
psql-ref.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
reassign_owned.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
refresh_materialized_view.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
reindex.sgml docs: remove unnecessary references to old PG versions 2014-02-24 12:56:37 -05:00
reindexdb.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
release_savepoint.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
reset.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
revoke.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
rollback_prepared.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
rollback_to.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
rollback.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
savepoint.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
security_label.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
select_into.sgml docs: remove unnecessary references to old PG versions 2014-02-24 12:56:37 -05:00
select.sgml docs: small adjustements to recent SELECT and pg_upgrade improvements 2014-03-08 11:26:47 -05:00
set_constraints.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
set_role.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
set_session_auth.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
set_transaction.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
set.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
show.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
start_transaction.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
truncate.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
unlisten.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
update.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
vacuum.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
vacuumdb.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00
values.sgml doc: Improve DocBook XML validity 2014-02-23 21:31:08 -05:00