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Re: pg_ctl and port number detection

Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>

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From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2010-12-21T02:04:21Z
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Actually, if we're going to do this at all, we should do
> 
> 	pid
> 	datadir
> 	port
> 	socketdir
> 	... here be dragons ...
> 
> so that pg_ctl doesn't have to assume the server is running with a
> default value of unix_socket_dir.  Not sure what to put in the fourth
> line on Windows though ... maybe just leave it empty?

I am curious about the use of the socketdir.  What can that be used for?

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