Hi folks, were running Postgres 8.2.5 and Linux Redhat. I run a cron script to start our server using pg_ctl after I copy the data cluster over from a replicated server. To test the start success / failure I test for the presence of postmaster.pid in the cluster. This weekend, the server started successfully but cron logic went down the path that postmaster.pid didn't exist. Do I need to perform another test, Or Is it possible that, during startup, postmaster.pid takes a second or two to be created and hadn't been created yet when the test was run? (Test run immediately after start command - perhaps I need to sleep for 5 seconds before the test). Thanks for your time, Mark Steben│Database Administrator @utoRevenueR-"Join the Revenue-tion" 95 Ashley Ave., West Springfield, Ma 413-243-4800 x1512 (Phone) │ 413.732-1824 (Fax) @utoRevenue is a registered trademark and a division of Dominion Enterprises -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
