Mischa Sandberg <mischa_sandberg@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> You could sleep for a second or so *before* you start looking for >> the pidfile. > The systems are under erratic load, due to concurrent > cpu and diskio spikes around start-up time. > 1-2 secs is not enough to be a guarantee :-( Well, forget pg_ctl and just start the postmaster directly, so that your script knows its PID. Then you could keep an eye on whether the PID still exists. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
