From 22042bb46ee8034072b31cc1162feffb2f8adcc0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Heimann <heimann@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 08:55:16 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add pg_ctl page (#1835)

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+# pg_ctl
+
+> Utility for controlling a PostgreSQL server and database cluster.
+
+- Start a PostgreSQL server:
+
+`pg_ctl -D {{data_directory}} -l {{log_file_name}}`
+
+- Initialize a PostgreSQL database cluster:
+
+`pg_ctl -D {{data_directory}} init`
+
+- Stop a PostgreSQL server:
+
+`pg_ctl -D {{data_directory}} stop`
+
+- Restart a PostgreSQL server:
+
+`pg_ctl -D {{data_directory}} restart`