pg_ctl

Utility for controlling a PostgreSQL server and database cluster.

• Initialize a new PostgreSQL database cluster:

pg_ctl -D {data_directory} init

• Start a PostgreSQL server:

pg_ctl -D {data_directory} start

• Stop a PostgreSQL server:

pg_ctl -D {data_directory} stop

• Restart a PostgreSQL server:

pg_ctl -D {data_directory} restart

• Reload the PostgreSQL server configuration:

pg_ctl -D {data_directory} reload

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