Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On m?n, 2011-05-23 at 20:50 -0400, Aaron W. Swenson wrote:
> > According to Linux Standard Base Core Specification 3.1 [1], the exit
> > status should be '3' when the server isn't running.
> >
> > I've attached a very simple patch that resolves this cosmetic issue,
> > which applies to all branches.
>
> If we're going to make the exit status meaningful, it should probably be
> added to the documentation.
Patch attached and applied, with docs. I also cleaned up some C
comments, which are not in the attached patch.
--
Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> http://momjian.us
EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com
+ It's impossible for everything to be true. +
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml
new file mode 100644
index 07836e7..7dc170e
*** a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml
--- b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml
*************** PostgreSQL documentation
*** 205,211 ****
<option>status</option> mode checks whether a server is running in
the specified data directory. If it is, the <acronym>PID</acronym>
and the command line options that were used to invoke it are
! displayed.
</para>
<para>
--- 205,212 ----
<option>status</option> mode checks whether a server is running in
the specified data directory. If it is, the <acronym>PID</acronym>
and the command line options that were used to invoke it are
! displayed. If the server is not running, the process returns an
! exit status of 3.
</para>
<para>
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c b/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c
new file mode 100644
index c9007ed..8e9d2ce
*** a/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c
--- b/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c
*************** do_status(void)
*** 1186,1192 ****
}
}
printf(_("%s: no server running\n"), progname);
! exit(1);
}
--- 1188,1198 ----
}
}
printf(_("%s: no server running\n"), progname);
! /*
! * The Linux Standard Base Core Specification 3.1 says this should return '3'
! * http://refspecs.freestandards.org/LSB_3.1.1/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/iniscrptact.html
! */
! exit(3);
}
