exports
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declare -x LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/local/pgsql/bin:/usr/local/pgsql/lib:"
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declare -x PATH="/usr/local/pgsql/bin:/usr/local/pgsql/lib:/usr/local/pgsql/bin:/home/poupou/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/bin:/usr/games:/opt/gnome/bin:/opt/kde3/bin:/usr/lib/jvm/jre/bin:/usr/lib/mit/bin:/usr/lib/mit/sbin"
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poupou@pollux:~/data/pgsql> pg_ctl -o "-i" -D . start
postmaster starting
poupou@pollux:~/data/pgsql> LOG:  database system was shut down at 2006-08-09 09:36:44 EDT
LOG:  checkpoint record is at 0/33A8A4
LOG:  redo record is at 0/33A8A4; undo record is at 0/0; shutdown TRUE
LOG:  next transaction ID: 565; next OID: 10794
LOG:  next MultiXactId: 1; next MultiXactOffset: 0
LOG:  database system is ready
LOG:  transaction ID wrap limit is 2147484146, limited by database "postgres"
poupou@pollux:~/data/pgsql> createdb npgsql_tests
LOG:  server process (PID 12866) was terminated by signal 11
LOG:  terminating any other active server processes
LOG:  all server processes terminated; reinitializing
LOG:  database system was interrupted at 2006-08-09 09:41:04 EDT
LOG:  checkpoint record is at 0/33A8A4
LOG:  redo record is at 0/33A8A4; undo record is at 0/0; shutdown TRUE
LOG:  next transaction ID: 565; next OID: 10794
LOG:  next MultiXactId: 1; next MultiXactOffset: 0
LOG:  database system was not properly shut down; automatic recovery in progress
createdb: could not connect to database postgres: could not send startup packet: Broken pipe
poupou@pollux:~/data/pgsql> LOG:  record with zero length at 0/33A8E8
LOG:  redo is not required
LOG:  database system is ready
LOG:  transaction ID wrap limit is 2147484146, limited by database "postgres"