Re: pg_ctl is fragile

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL Bugs <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_ctl is fragile
Date: 2002-11-09 16:33:15
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.44.0211091725570.12428-100000@localhost.localdomain
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Neil Conway writes:

> Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > Doesn't seem like kill's exit code is going to tell you enough.
> > If you got, say, "Permission denied" rather than "No such process",
> > you shouldn't report that the postmaster isn't running.
>
> Ok, fair enough -- so is there any way to improve this behavior?

Merge pg_ctl and postmaster executables.

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net

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