Re: reloading config files pg_ctl reload - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Jim Nasby
Subject Re: reloading config files pg_ctl reload
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Msg-id A6006AE3-878F-4A76-ABA4-340714CA4501@decibel.org
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In response to reloading config files pg_ctl reload  ("Rajesh Kumar Mallah" <mallah.rajesh@gmail.com>)
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On Dec 9, 2006, at 6:39 AM, Rajesh Kumar Mallah wrote:
> Will it be a good feature to have pg_ctl check the syntaxes of
> the config files before sending a SIGHUP to postmaster ?
>
> Suppose a DBA does somes typos in the files, he shall be confused
> not to see the changes in server even after pg_ctl reload .

While I agree it would be a useful feature, I doubt you'll find much
interest from existing developers to add this. I suspect a patch
would be accepted, though... just make sure and ask on pgsql-hackers
before you start coding one. :)
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Jim Nasby                                            jim@nasby.net
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