Add mention that pg_ctl will return an accurate exit code when waiting

for startup or shutdown.  We have always done this but it wasn't documented.
REL8_0_STABLE
Bruce Momjian 21 years ago
parent 71d21577de
commit 766b0bbb4d
  1. 6
      doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml

@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml,v 1.29 2004/11/27 21:56:05 petere Exp $
$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml,v 1.30 2004/12/22 02:17:15 momjian Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
@ -237,7 +237,9 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
has been set in the <filename>postgresql.conf</filename> file.
If neither of those is used, it will use the default port that
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> was compiled with
(5432 by default).
(5432 by default). When waiting, <command>pg_ctl</command> will
return an accurate exit code based on the success of the startup
or shutdown.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

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