Re: Cygwin postmaster exit problem?

Leonid,

On Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 03:01:27PM -0500, Leonid Furman wrote:
> I am using PostgreSQL on WinNT. When I close the cygwin window the
> postmaster process gets killed. I tried to start in silence mode using
> command line
>
> "nohup postmaster -S -i &"
>
> but it does not help either. Is there any way to exit cygwin without killing
> postmaster process? Any help is appreciated.

I can reproduce your problem with Cygwin 1.1.7 and PostgreSQL CVS
(last updated around 1/15/01), but only when I start postmaster from
a bash console window.  Actually when I try to exit from bash, the
window hangs.  When I kill the window (i.e., click on the X in the upper
right-hand corner), that is when postmaster aborts.

However, if I start postmaster from a rxvt window, then rxvt does not
hang and postmaster does not abort upon window closure.  rxvt can be
found at:

    http://www.io.com/~bub/rxvt.html

Another way to run postmaster is via run as in the following:

    run bash -c "/usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data"

The above can be invoked by cmd, Start/Run..., shortcut, etc.  run can
be found at:

    http://www.neuro.gatech.edu/users/cwilson/cygutils/unversioned/run/index.html

Fred Yankowski and I have just begun to collaborate on converting
postmaster (i.e. postgres.exe) into a true NT service, so hopefully the
above workarounds will only be needed temporarily.

Jason

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