pg_ctl

all

Utility for controlling a PostgreSQL server and database cluster.

Options (1)

-D, --pgdataboolean

Initialize a new PostgreSQL database cluster

Example: pg_ctl {{[-D|--pgdata]}} {{data_directory}} init

Initialize a new PostgreSQL database cluster

pg_ctl [-D|--pgdata] data_directory init

Start a PostgreSQL server

pg_ctl [-D|--pgdata] data_directory start

Stop a PostgreSQL server

pg_ctl [-D|--pgdata] data_directory stop

Restart a PostgreSQL server

pg_ctl [-D|--pgdata] data_directory restart

Reload the PostgreSQL server configuration

pg_ctl [-D|--pgdata] data_directory reload