pg_start.sh

#!/bin/sh

sudo su - postgres -c '/opt/local/lib/postgresql96/bin/pg_ctl -D /opt/local/var/db/postgresql96/defaultdb -l /opt/local/var/log/postgresql96/postgres.log start &'

pg_version=$(psql --version | cut -d ' ' -f3)

if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
	echo "PostgreSQL $pg_version started successfully"
    exit 0
else
	echo "PostgreSQL $pg_version did not start in a timely fashion, please see /opt/local/var/log/postgresql96/postgres.log for details"
    exit 1
fi