Re: postmaster.pid - Mailing list pgsql-hackers-win32

From Magnus Hagander
Subject Re: postmaster.pid
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Msg-id 6BCB9D8A16AC4241919521715F4D8BCE475B1E@algol.sollentuna.se
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Responses Re: postmaster.pid  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
List pgsql-hackers-win32
> > I think it's better to call uor named pipe. That way we'll
> find out if
> > it's actually a postmaster of ours or a different process
> alltogether
> > there.
>
> I'm not sure that's a good idea. The function is there to
> emulate the unix kill() which doesn't care what the process
> is. Changing the code as you suggest could cause confusionon
> Windows if someone uses kill() for other purposes.

Why would they link with libpgport if they use it for other purposes?
;-)

But sure, we don't really care if it's a postmaster. Then OpenProcess()
is probably the best way, yes.

//Magnus

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