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start up and shut down script

From

"surabhi.ahuja"

Date:

03 November 2006, 07:27:49

I am using PostgreSQL 8.0.0.

i have noted the following lines in the script to start or shut down postmaster.

Can you please let me know why they are needed

if [ "`uname`" = "Linux" ]; then
   INITD=/etc/rc.d/init.d
   . $INITD/functions
   # Get config.
   . /etc/sysconfig/network
fi

and

if [ "`uname`" = "Linux" ]; then
[ "${NETWORKING}" = "no" ] && exit 0
fi

who will define $NETWORKING ?

are these calls OS specific , for instance they are for red hat

for a diffrent OS like Enterprise Suse Linux 10 the above script will not work,

because the file $INITD/functions is not there in case of Suse Linux installation

Similarly . /etc/sysconfig/network
is not a file but a directory in Suse Linux 10.

thanks

surabhi

Re: start up and shut down script

From

Martijn van Oosterhout

Date:

03 November 2006, 09:08:05

On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 01:40:35PM +0530, surabhi.ahuja wrote:
> I am using PostgreSQL 8.0.0.
>
>  i have noted the following lines in the script to start or shut down postmaster.
> Can you please let me know why they are needed

Where did you get these fragments from? They appear to be for a redhat
based system, not sure because I don't have them.

> if [ "`uname`" = "Linux" ]; then
>    INITD=/etc/rc.d/init.d
>    . $INITD/functions
>    # Get config.
>    . /etc/sysconfig/network
> fi

Have a nice day,
--
Martijn van Oosterhout   <kleptog@svana.org>   http://svana.org/kleptog/
> From each according to his ability. To each according to his ability to litigate.

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Re: start up and shut down script

From

Richard Huxton

Date:

03 November 2006, 09:58:14

surabhi.ahuja wrote:
>
> I am using PostgreSQL 8.0.0.
>
>  i have noted the following lines in the script to start or shut down
> postmaster.
> Can you please let me know why they are needed
>
> if [ "`uname`" = "Linux" ]; then
>    INITD=/etc/rc.d/init.d
>    . $INITD/functions
>    # Get config.
>    . /etc/sysconfig/network
> fi
> and
>
> if [ "`uname`" = "Linux" ]; then
>    [ "${NETWORKING}" = "no" ] && exit 0
> fi
>
> who will define $NETWORKING ?
>
> are these calls OS specific , for instance they are for red hat

Yes - this looks like a Red Hat script. It's certainly not the one that
ships with the source distribution.

I believe $NETWORKING is defined in $INITD/functions and indicates that
you at runlevel 3 or above (so not in single-user recovery mode or
anything odd like that).

Oh, and you shouldn't be running 8.0.0 - upgrade to 8.0.9 as soon as is
practical. There are many bugfixes between the two versions.

--
   Richard Huxton
   Archonet Ltd

Re: start up and shut down script

From

Tom Lane

Date:

03 November 2006, 13:58:16

Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com> writes:
> surabhi.ahuja wrote:
>> i have noted the following lines in the script to start or shut down
>> postmaster.
>> ...

> Yes - this looks like a Red Hat script. It's certainly not the one that
> ships with the source distribution.

It's not the one that ships with Red Hat, either ;-)

If you're running SUSE then the best advice is probably to install
SUSE's postgresql package, which presumably will contain a start script
that works on that distro.

            regards, tom lane