Re: Creating Log file - run in background.

H-

Ok. So the new command should look like this.

nohup /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -D  > >/usr/local/pgsql/data </dev/null
>>/usr/local/pgsql/data/server.log 2>>1 &

What are the > > 's for? Are they acting as ( ) 's like in perl or some other
language?

If so should they match? I'm getting lost in the > > and can't figure out if the >
> is actually in the command or part of the wrapping for my window terminal (it
stays when I resize the window so...)  or from my email client when it copies the
original post.

Thanks for all your help and replies. I just need to get up to speed on what
you're telling me. 8^)
-Sterling


Tom Lane wrote:

> >> Should the command look like this than:
> >> nohup /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data/server.log &
>
> > That should work, yep.
>
> Uh, nope.
>
> That will try to use /usr/local/pgsql/data/server.log as a directory.
>
> Your original advice was better.
>
>                         regards, tom lane