Re: [HACKERS] pid file for postmaster? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [HACKERS] pid file for postmaster?
Date
Msg-id 199911260402.XAA21454@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] pid file for postmaster?  (Dmitry Samersoff <dms@wplus.net>)
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> 
> On 25-Nov-99 Michael Meskes wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 24, 1999 at 01:33:37AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> >> > it. I think the pid file could be placed under $PGDATA. Opinions?
> >> ... 
> >> $PGDATA seems like the right place to put the file, since we can only
> >> have one active postmaster at a time in a database directory.
> > 
> > Ehem, I think the correct place would be /var/run. At least that's what the
> > filesystem standard says IIRC.
> 
> I agree ...
> 

I think the idea was to put the file in /data, and symlink to /tmp or
/var/run.

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