Re: postmaster link to postgres executable - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: postmaster link to postgres executable
Date
Msg-id 7651.1120745519@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to postmaster link to postgres executable  (imoir@templetech.com)
List pgsql-general
imoir@templetech.com writes:
> Why is the postmaster link to the postgres executable used to run the postgres
> server rather than running the postgres executable directly? I have a client
> who wishes to use a monitoring application, and the fact that a link to an
> executable is used is causing a problem. Can the reference in the linux startup
> script be changed from the postmaster file to the postgres file?

No.  You could replace the soft link by a hard link if that would help.

            regards, tom lane

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