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Re: [HACKERS] postmaster.pid

Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii@sra.co.jp>

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From: Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii@sra.co.jp>
To: pgman@candle.pha.pa.us
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org
Date: 1999-12-03T08:17:01Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
> > 2) if it fails to create pid file, call
> > ExitPostmaster(1). ExitPostmaster calls proc_exit() and proc_exit
> > calls exit().
> 
> So you don't start if the pid file is there,

Right.

>or do you delete it if the
> port is free?

No. even if the port is free, there might be another postmaster that
uses another one.

Wait, maybe I can check postmaster.opts to see if another postamster
really exists...
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Tatsuo Ishii