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Re: pg_ctl and port number detection

Florian G. Pflug <fgp@phlo.org>

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From: Florian Pflug <fgp@phlo.org>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2010-12-21T02:30:28Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Dec21, 2010, at 03:04 , Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 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?

If it's non-default and you want to connect via unix sockets, just knowing
the port won't help much.

best regards,
Florian Pflug