Re: win2k, service, pg_ctl, popen, etc

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Claudio Natoli <claudio(dot)natoli(at)memetrics(dot)com>
Cc: "'Magnus Hagander'" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers-win32(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: win2k, service, pg_ctl, popen, etc
Date: 2004-07-22 11:47:03
Message-ID: 200407221147.i6MBl3L23158@candle.pha.pa.us
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Claudio Natoli wrote:
>
> > It all happens in exec.c. The test is simple in Unix. If it isn't
> > simple in Win32, then we need to work harder to make it happen.
>
> Are we amenable to replacing this popen call with one to CreateProcess with
> i/o handles redirected (as per the STARTUPINFO argument), or do we want to
> concentrate on a common *nix/win32 solution?

I think CreateProcess() is fine. I can't think of another way to do it.
At least it will be isolated in exec.c.

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