Re: Sure enough, the lock file is gone

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Sure enough, the lock file is gone
Date: 2001-01-27 00:06:29
Message-ID: 13551.980553989@sss.pgh.pa.us
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I said:
> Yes, there are lots of systems that will clean /tmp --- and since the
> lock file is an ordinary file (not a socket) pretty much any tmp-cleaner
> is going to decide to remove it. I think that I had intended to insert
> a periodic touch of the lockfile and forgot to.

Done now.

regards, tom lane

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