hi tom,
> In that case it's a problem in your launch script. The postmaster
> doesn't even know that such a file exists; it keeps its lock file
> in the data directory.
well, hmmmm.
the launch script is currently simplified (for testing) to just the
pid-checking-if-stmt + the single line launch cmd. there's honestly not much
left to have a problem with ...
note that my cmd line refers to the conf file, which has the external PID id'd
in it:
external_pid_file = '/var/run/postgresql.pid'
i've set it up to be (eventually) watched by a watchdog app ...
so, wouldn't (a) the postmaster know abt the PID file, and (b) check for its
existence?
or am i misunderstanding the purpose/use of the external pid?
cheers,
richard
