Postgres 9.0 File System level backup on Debian Jessie

Question

I'm on Debian 8.2.0 and trying to run a postgres server from a folder I received. Version is 9.0.18. Here is the command I issue:

./postgres -D /home/swapps/project/PostgreSQL/9.0/data/

but the cursor keeps blinking in the terminal. I'm not sure what is happening?

Thanks

Answer 1

Sounds like it's started, and log_min_messages is set to a high enough value that you don't see any output.

Using another terminal session connect to the server on the port it's running on. If you don't know that check the port value in the postgresql.conf inside the data directory.

Generally you should use pg_ctl -D blah -w start rather than postgres directly. See the manual.

Or, for long term use, set it up to run on startup via an init script.