Re: The last configuration file patch (I hope!) This one

Oliver Elphick wrote:

>On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 02:43, mlw wrote:
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>>PostgreSQL Extended Configuration Patch
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>>--- Run-time process ID ---
>>postmaster -R /var/run/postmaster.pid
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>>This will direct PostgreSQL to write its process ID number
>>to a file, /var/run/postgresql.conf
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>>--- postgresql.conf  options ---
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>>The "-R" option on the command line overrides the
>>"runtime_pidfile" in the configuration file.
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>I raised the possibility of moving the pid file only last week.  Tom
>pointed out that it acts as a lock on the database to prevent two
>postmasters' trying to manage the same database.  As such it should NOT
>be a configurable parameter.
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This is a different PID file. Sorry, this one is specifically for FHS 
systems. The postmaster.pid file, as used by PostgreSQL remains in the 
data directory.

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