Re: postmaster.pid file auto-clean up?

From: John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: postmaster.pid file auto-clean up?
Date: 2012-08-26 05:09:15
Message-ID: 5039AF7B.2090607@hogranch.com
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On 08/25/12 9:56 PM, Michael Clark wrote:
> PID 8574 is actually iTunes, not PG, and PG was cleanly brought down
> on it's last run, there are no children processes running.

when postgres is cleanly brought down, the postgresql.pid file is
supposed to be removed. that file contains the PID that pg_ctl uses.

could you be running a pg_ctl from a different version, in the wrong
directory ?

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john r pierce N 37, W 122
santa cruz ca mid-left coast

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