Re: The last configuration file patch (I hope!) This one

On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 02:43, mlw wrote:
> PostgreSQL Extended Configuration Patch
...
> --- Run-time process ID ---
> postmaster -R /var/run/postmaster.pid
>
> This will direct PostgreSQL to write its process ID number
> to a file, /var/run/postgresql.conf
>
> --- postgresql.conf options ---
...
> The "-R" option on the command line overrides the
> "runtime_pidfile" in the configuration file.

I raised the possibility of moving the pid file only last week. Tom
pointed out that it acts as a lock on the database to prevent two
postmasters' trying to manage the same database. As such it should NOT
be a configurable parameter.

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