Re: PID file - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Andrew Sullivan
Subject Re: PID file
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Msg-id 20080929185926.GL27800@commandprompt.com
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In response to PID file  (Ing. Jorge S Alanís Garza<jorge.alanis@blocknetworks.com.mx>)
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On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 12:43:54PM -0500, Ing. Jorge S Alanís Garza wrote:
> shutting down cleanly. Is there a way to recover the non-working postgres
> instance? Is this a very corruption-prone environment?

It's sure corruption-prone if you delete the pidfile.

If your iSCSI system keeps dropping out on you, then you need to fix
that.  Otherwise, things are going to break in a way you'll be unhappy
with later.

A

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