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    # only supply or default logfile path when none is given explicitly in
    # postgresql.conf
    @options = ($pg_ctl, 'start', '-D', $info{'pgdata'});
    $logsize = 0;
    if ($info{'logfile'}) {
        push @options, ('-l', $info{'logfile'});
        # remember current size of the log
        $logsize = (stat $info{'logfile'})[7];
    }