Re: tcp_keepalives_idle

> Tatsuo Ishii <ishii@postgresql.org> writes:
>> I am struggling to understand what following phrase says:
> 
>> tcp_keepalives_idle (integer)
>>     Specifies the number of seconds before sending a keepalive packet
>>     on an otherwise idle connection.
> 
> It means "the connection is idle except for keepalive packets".
> We could perhaps just drop the word "otherwise", if people find
> it confusing.

Wah. I seemed to completely misunderstand what the pharase
says. Thanks for clarification. I agree to drop "otherwise".

>> What I am not sure is the meaning of "otherwise". Can I safely replace
>> it to:
>>     Specifies the number of seconds before sending a keepalive packet
>>     on an other side of idle connection.
> 
> No, that's not a good fix.

Sure. I was absolutely misunderstood.
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