Re: What happens if the socket lock file is deleted?

From: Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: What happens if the socket lock file is deleted?
Date: 2026-01-30 00:22:15
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On Thu, Jan 29, 2026 at 3:30 PM stevej(at)stevej(dot)name <stevej(at)stevej(dot)name>
wrote:

> In software I have developed separately, I have noticed that most systems
> will periodically delete files within the temporary directory hierarchy
> that have not been accessed recently, and that includes lock files for long
> running processes. I have never noticed the lock file associated with a
> postgreSQL socket be missing though.

That's interesting, and more than a bit scary. /tmp gets erased at boot,
but I've never seen such a thing in RHEL.

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