Use /B to start so a new window isn't created, per Andrew Dunstan.

diff --git a/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c b/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c
index dbba0ac14e21198c7b787005445b430ffd198cdb..ea71d863931625cddf8932325e4561faa65b6cc6 100644 (file)
--- a/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2003, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c,v 1.11 2004/06/10 17:45:09 momjian Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c,v 1.12 2004/06/10 18:02:36 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -223,11 +223,11 @@ start_postmaster(void)
        char            cmd[MAXPGPATH];
 
        if (log_file != NULL)
-               /* Win32 needs START rather than "&" */
+               /* Win32 needs START /B rather than "&" */
 #ifndef WIN32
                snprintf(cmd, MAXPGPATH, "%s\"%s\" %s < %s >> \"%s\" 2>&1 &%s",
 #else
-               snprintf(cmd, MAXPGPATH, "START %s\"%s\" %s < %s >> \"%s\" 2>&1%s",
+               snprintf(cmd, MAXPGPATH, "START /B %s\"%s\" %s < %s >> \"%s\" 2>&1%s",
 #endif
                                 SYSTEMQUOTE, postgres_path, post_opts, DEVNULL, log_file,
                                 SYSTEMQUOTE);
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ start_postmaster(void)
 #ifndef WIN32
                snprintf(cmd, MAXPGPATH, "%s\"%s\" %s < \"%s\" 2>&1 &%s",
 #else
-               snprintf(cmd, MAXPGPATH, "START %s\"%s\" %s < \"%s\" 2>&1%s",
+               snprintf(cmd, MAXPGPATH, "START /B %s\"%s\" %s < \"%s\" 2>&1%s",
 #endif
                                 SYSTEMQUOTE, postgres_path, post_opts, DEVNULL, SYSTEMQUOTE);
        return system(cmd);