Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@xxxxxxx> writes: > Baldur Norddahl wrote: >> Is there a better way to query the status of postgresql? I would >> expect it to at least check that the process in the PID is actually >> running and that it is a postgresql process. > Maybe try > test $(readlink /proc/$pid/exe) = /usr/bin/postgres I think the question stands though: why doesn't pg_ctl check that the PID in the lockfile corresponds to a live process? A quick kill(pid,0) would raise the robustness of the status check quite a lot, and now that the code is in C it's a trivial addition. Unless someone sees a reason not to do this, I will throw the change into current and 8.0 branches. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
