[yz@localhost ~]$ pg_ctl -D /home/yz/pg_data/ -l ~/logfile start waiting for server to start.... done server started [yz@localhost ~]$ ps ux | grep postgres yz 18221 0.0 0.1 275748 13360 ? Ss 10:37 0:00 /home/yz/pg_bin/bin/postgres -D /home/yz/pg_data yz 18223 0.0 0.0 275864 2660 ? Ss 10:37 0:00 postgres: checkpointer yz 18224 0.0 0.0 275880 2380 ? Ss 10:37 0:00 postgres: background writer yz 18225 0.0 0.0 275748 5288 ? Ss 10:37 0:00 postgres: walwriter yz 18226 0.0 0.0 276432 2312 ? Ss 10:37 0:00 postgres: autovacuum launcher yz 18227 0.0 0.0 130520 1208 ? Ss 10:37 0:00 postgres: stats collector yz 18228 0.0 0.0 276304 1848 ? Ss 10:37 0:00 postgres: logical replication launcher