Fix erroneous claim that 'postmaster -S' leaves the postmaster running

in the foreground --- in fact, it auto-detaches.
26 years ago · 7c81a130a4
parent ba834d6425
commit 7c81a130a4
2 changed files with 4 additions and 6 deletions
--- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
@ -70,9 +70,8 @@
 % postmaster -S
    </ProgramListing>
    and the <Application>postmaster</Application> will be "S"ilent.  
-    Notice that there
-    is no ampersand ("&amp") at the end of the last example so
-    postmaster will be running in the foreground.
+    No ampersand ("&amp") is required in this case, since the postmaster
+    automatically detaches from the terminal when -S is specified.
   </Para>
  </sect1>

--- a/doc/src/sgml/trouble.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/trouble.sgml
@ -156,9 +156,8 @@ FATAL 1:  Database testdb does not exist in pg_database
 % postmaster -S
    </ProgramListing>
    and the <Application>postmaster</Application> will be "S"ilent.  
-    Notice that there
-    is no ampersand ("&amp") at the end of the last example so
-    postmaster will be running in the foreground.
+    No ampersand ("&amp") is required in this case, since the postmaster
+    automatically detaches from the terminal when -S is specified.
   </Para>

   <sect2 Id="pg-options-trouble">