Re: HEADS UP: Win32/OS2/BeOS native ports

"Igor Kovalenko" <Igor.Kovalenko@motorola.com> writes:
>> Could we get away with saying that the Unix-socket-less platforms have
>> weaker protection against mistakenly restarting the postmaster?

> Why can't we use named pipe (aka FIFO file) instead of UDS?

That's exactly what I'm talking about.

> Another thought is, why can't we use bind() to the postmaster port to detect
> other postmasters?

Because port number and data directory are independent parameters.  The
interlock on port number is not related to the interlock on data
directory.

			regards, tom lane