On 6 March 2012 18:51, dennis jenkins <dennis.jenkins.75@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 10:11 AM, 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" >> >> -- >> Thom > > I know that I'm late to the party, but a small suggestion: Run > "initdb" with "strace" (truss on Solaris) and examine the syscalls > made. It should show you, conclusively, what files are being > "open"ed, "unlink"ed, etc... > > Example: > > strace -o /tmp/x initdb -D /tmp/data-1 > grep -E '^(open|unlink)' /tmp/x The reboot removed the opportunity to do this unfortunately. I'll have to wait an see if it happens again, but if it does, I'll try the suggestion. -- Thom -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
