Re: "pg_ctl promote" exit status

On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 6:39 AM, Dhruv Ahuja <dhruvahuja(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> The "pg_ctl promote" command returns an exit code of 1 when the server
> is not in standby mode, and the same exit code of 1 when the server
> isn't started at all. The only difference at the time being is the
> string output at the time, which FYI are...
>
> pg_ctl: cannot promote server; server is not in standby mode
>
> ...and...
>
> pg_ctl: PID file "/var/lib/pgsql/9.1/data/postmaster.pid" does not exist
> Is server running?
>
> ...respectively.
>
> I am in the process of developing a clustering solution around luci
> and rgmanager (in Red Hat EL 6) and for the time being, am basing it
> off the string output. Maybe each different exit reason should have a
> unique exit code, whatever my logic and approach to solving this
> problem be?

That doesn't seem like a bad idea. Got a patch?

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