Re: pg_ctl configurable timeout

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_ctl configurable timeout
Date: 2007-10-29 21:07:32
Message-ID: 6450.1193692052@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> I think the mythical pg_ping utility should be written. It seems the
> easiest way out of the problem.

If pg_ctl were still a shell script there would be some point in that,
but since it's a C program it can certainly do anything a separate
utility would do.

regards, tom lane

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