From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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To: | Florian Pflug <fgp(at)phlo(dot)org> |
Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: pg_ctl and port number detection |
Date: | 2010-12-21 02:43:06 |
Message-ID: | 201012210243.oBL2h6L18345@momjian.us |
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Florian Pflug wrote:
> On Dec21, 2010, at 03:04 , Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> Actually, if we're going to do this at all, we should do
> >>
> >> pid
> >> datadir
> >> port
> >> socketdir
> >> ... here be dragons ...
> >>
> >> so that pg_ctl doesn't have to assume the server is running with a
> >> default value of unix_socket_dir. Not sure what to put in the fourth
> >> line on Windows though ... maybe just leave it empty?
> >
> > I am curious about the use of the socketdir. What can that be used for?
>
> If it's non-default and you want to connect via unix sockets, just knowing
> the port won't help much.
Ah, so pg_ctl is going to use that information too --- good point!
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