Re: [HACKERS] postmaster crash and .s.pgsql file - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

>
>     A thought.  Why not change the startup routine such that instead
> of creating /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432, create a subdirectory that contains both
> the socket (.socket) and the PID file?  Given time, I could see us adding
> in some stats to the postmaster process, similar to named, where you
> SIGUSR2 the process and it dumps a status file and that too could get
> dumped there.
>
>     Just a thought...

Let's see what people report.  With the bug fixed, I never see leftover
/tmp/.s.pgsql files.

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Bruce Momjian
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