Re: Sure enough, the lock file is gone

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Ross J(dot) Reedstrom" <reedstrm(at)rice(dot)edu>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Sure enough, the lock file is gone
Date: 2001-01-27 04:52:51
Message-ID: 200101270452.XAA05187@candle.pha.pa.us
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> On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 03:18:13PM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > The 'tmpwatch' program on Red Hat will remove the /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432.lock
> > > file after the server has run 6 days. This will be a problem.
> > >
> > > We could touch (open) the file once every time the ServerLoop() runs
> > > around. It's not perfect but it should work in practice.
> >
> > If we have to do it, let's make it an #ifdef __linux__ option.
>
> #ifdef BRAINDAMAGED_TMP_CLEANER ?
>
> ISTR mention of non-linux platforms that do this.

Yes, thank you.

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