On 6 March 2012 16:11, Thom Brown <thom@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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" Correction, this is Ubuntu, not Debian. 11.10 if it's of any consequence. The file system is ext4 with rw,noatime,nodiratime,errors=remount-ro,commit=0 on a Crucial m4 SSD. ecryptfs is in use in the parent directory. -- Thom -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general