regarding postmaster.pid file

["surabhi.ahuja" <surabhi.ahuja@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

 i have a small query.

when i start postmaster the postmaster.pid file is created by default in the PGDATA directory.

but in case that directory gets full.... if i try to restart postmaster ... it fails because there is not enough space to create the postmaster.pid file/

 

My question is that

while starting postmaster is there an option to specify the location of postmaster.pid file ..

i was thinking if i can keep the postmaster.pid file in a separate folder ..because that folder rarely gets full.

 

similarly while shutting down postmaster i would need to specify the location of the postmaster.pid file.

 

Is there a way avaialble for this?

 

Thanks,

regards

Surabhi