Postgres control script.

postgres.server.sh

#!/bin/bash

cmd=$1

function init_postgres() {
  initdb /usr/local/var/postgres
}

function start_postgres() {
  pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres -l /usr/local/var/postgres/server.log start
}

function stop_postgres() {
  pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres stop -s -m fast
}

case $cmd in
  init )
    init_postgres
    ;;
  start )
    start_postgres
    ;;
  stop )
    stop_postgres
    ;;
  restart )
    stop_postgres
    start_postgres
    ;;
  status )
    pg_ctl status -D /usr/local/var/postgres
    ;;
  * )
    echo "Usage: $0 [init, status, start, stop, restart]"
    ;;
esac