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cant' pg_ctl find pid file from PGDATA env variable?

From
Rajesh Kumar Mallah
Date:


[root@ns3 root]# echo $PGDATA
/usr/local/pgsql/data
[root@ns3 root]# pg_ctl  reload
pg_ctl: cannot find /usr/local/pgsql/data/postmaster.pid
Is postmaster running?
[root@ns3 root]#


regds
mallah.


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Re: cant' pg_ctl find pid file from PGDATA env variable?

From
Rajesh Kumar Mallah
Date:


oops it was my fault.
please ignore.

PGDATA was wrongly set.

On Wednesday 07 May 2003 1:11 pm, Rajesh Kumar Mallah wrote:
> [root@ns3 root]# echo $PGDATA
> /usr/local/pgsql/data
> [root@ns3 root]# pg_ctl  reload
> pg_ctl: cannot find /usr/local/pgsql/data/postmaster.pid
> Is postmaster running?
> [root@ns3 root]#
>
>
> regds
> mallah.

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Re: cant' pg_ctl find pid file from PGDATA env variable?

From
Tom Lane
Date:
Rajesh Kumar Mallah <mallah@trade-india.com> writes:
> [root@ns3 root]# echo $PGDATA
> /usr/local/pgsql/data
> [root@ns3 root]# pg_ctl  reload
> pg_ctl: cannot find /usr/local/pgsql/data/postmaster.pid
> Is postmaster running?

Is PGDATA actually an environment variable --- that is, did you
"export" it?

            regards, tom lane

Re: cant' pg_ctl find pid file from PGDATA env variable?

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Date:
Dear Tom.

> Rajesh Kumar Mallah <mallah@trade-india.com> writes:
>> [root@ns3 root]# echo $PGDATA
>> /usr/local/pgsql/data
>> [root@ns3 root]# pg_ctl  reload
>> pg_ctl: cannot find /usr/local/pgsql/data/postmaster.pid
>> Is postmaster running?
>
> Is PGDATA actually an environment variable --- that is, did you
> "export" it?

yeah i had exported it in root's env with a wrong value which was not
even initdb'ed in the env od postgres user PGDATA was find so i did not
realize the mistake. only on running pg_ctl by root i got this error.


BTW can you pleeeeez reply to my last question in the
now() and timeofday() thread ?

Regds
mallah.



>
>             regards, tom lane



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