diff --git a/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c b/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c
index ea71d863931625cddf8932325e4561faa65b6cc6..fbf11fbbe159067b16624ff189d0ee00c0b5cefb 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2003, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c,v 1.12 2004/06/10 18:02:36 momjian Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c,v 1.13 2004/06/10 22:20:53 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -225,9 +225,9 @@ start_postmaster(void)
 	if (log_file != NULL)
 		/* Win32 needs START /B rather than "&" */
 #ifndef WIN32
-		snprintf(cmd, MAXPGPATH, "%s\"%s\" %s < %s >> \"%s\" 2>&1 &%s",
+		snprintf(cmd, MAXPGPATH, "%s\"%s\" %s < \"%s\" >> \"%s\" 2>&1 &%s",
 #else
-		snprintf(cmd, MAXPGPATH, "START /B %s\"%s\" %s < %s >> \"%s\" 2>&1%s",
+		snprintf(cmd, MAXPGPATH, "%sSTART /B \"%s\" %s < \"%s\" >> \"%s\" 2>&1%s",
 #endif
 				 SYSTEMQUOTE, postgres_path, post_opts, DEVNULL, log_file,
 				 SYSTEMQUOTE);
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ start_postmaster(void)
 #ifndef WIN32
 		snprintf(cmd, MAXPGPATH, "%s\"%s\" %s < \"%s\" 2>&1 &%s",
 #else
-		snprintf(cmd, MAXPGPATH, "START /B %s\"%s\" %s < \"%s\" 2>&1%s",
+		snprintf(cmd, MAXPGPATH, "%sSTART /B \"%s\" %s < \"%s\" 2>&1%s",
 #endif
 				 SYSTEMQUOTE, postgres_path, post_opts, DEVNULL, SYSTEMQUOTE);
 	return system(cmd);