393 if [ -n "$logfile" ]; then
394        "$po_path" ${1+"$@"} ${PGDATAOPTS+$PGDATAOPTS} </dev/null >>$logfile 2>&1 &
395    else
396        # when starting without log file, redirect stderr to stdout, so
397        # pg_ctl can be invoked with >$logfile and still have pg_ctl's
398        # stderr on the terminal.
399        "$po_path" ${1+"$@"} ${PGDATAOPTS+$PGDATAOPTS} </dev/null 2>&1 &
400    fi