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From Michael Brusser
Subject negative pid?
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In response to pg_begintypend  (Gaetano Mendola <mendola@bigfoot.com>)
Responses Re: negative pid?  (Michael Brusser <michael@synchronicity.com>)
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I see this code in pg_ctl:
  PID=`sed -n 1p $PIDFILE`  if [ "$PID" -lt 0 ];then      PID=`expr 0 - $PID`


Wnen it is possible (and why) to have a negative number in postmaster.pid?

Thanks,
Mike

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