Re: [BUGS] BUG #4381: Postgresql daemon won't stay in the foreground

Tom Wright <tom.c.wright@gmail.com> writes:
> I'm starting it with "postgres -D <datadir>", and it immediately forks
> into the background....

Perhaps you have silent_mode set in the configuration file? AFAIK the
postmaster will never fork away from the caller unless that's been set
in one way or another.

regards, tom lane

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