Re: [HACKERS] Problem after removal of exec(), help

>
> > No help here, but a request:
> >
> > Could we have an option to do the fork()/exec() the old way as well as the
> > new sleek fork() only. I want to do some performance testing under gprof and
> > want to be able to replace my postgres binary with a shell script to save
> > the gmon.out file eg:
> >
> > #!/bin/sh
> > postgres.bin $*
> > mv gmon.out gmon.$$
> >
> > This won't work unless and exec() is done.
>
> I am confused. What doesn't work without the exec()?

Replacing the postgres binary with a shell script that executes the real
postgres binary and then moves the gmon.out file out of the way.

$ mv postgres postgres.bin
$cat > postgres
#!/bin/sh
postgres.bin $*
mv gmon.out gmon.$$
^D
$ postmaster ...
$ psql template1

-dg

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