Re: Problem restarting server

What's the difference between "postgres" and "psql"?

Tom Lane wrote:

>=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Agust=EDn_Caminero_Herr=E1ez?= <agustin@info-ab.uclm.es> writes:
>
>
>>[postgres@nodo2 ~]#  psql
>>psql: FATAL:  los argumentos de línea de comando no son válidos para
>>proceso servidor -->> command line arguments are not valid for server
>>process
>>HINT:  Pruebe "postgres --help" para mayor información.
>>
>>
>
>Look again --- you seem to have invoked "postgres", not "psql".  There
>is seldom any reason to invoke the "postgres" program directly.
>
>If you really did type "psql" then your installation is messed up
>(somehow postgres got copied over psql, I suppose).  Might be easiest
>to remove and reinstall the programs.
>
>            regards, tom lane
>
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