On 6 March 2012 16:04, Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The postmaster.pid is located outside the data directory, but points back to the > data directory. Not sure where Debian, though at a guess somewhere in /var. > Any way search for postmaster.pid. I'm not sure, because if I use a new data directory, initdb it and start the service, the postmaster.pid appears in it, and not as a symbolic link. I did a search for postmaster.pid in the whole of /var and it only shows up "/var/lib/postgresql/9.1/main/postmaster.pid" -- Thom -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general