Re: [HACKERS] pid file for postmaster?

> Red Hat ALREADY creates a file "postmaster.pid" in the /var/lock directory.
> I don't know how far the /var/lock convention goes across different platforms,
> but I recommend using IT or its equivalent, I still have scars from my OS/2
> days where every product put its goodies in a different place and you had to
> guess where, how, and in what format.

Problem with that it is going to require root permission to create that
file or directory if it doesn't exist.  I think we have to put it in the
pgsql/data directory.  Sorry.

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