No, the name is .s.PGSQL.{port#}, and there is a lock file. Why do you want to specify a different name? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- aktivists@xxxxxxxx wrote: > Is it possible to specify using PQsetdbLogin() or > PQconnectdb() > the name of unix domain socket? > > In documentation I read that I can specify path using host: > host > Name of the host to connect to. If this begins with > a slash ('/'), it > specifies Unix domain communication rather than TCP/IP > communication. > >>>The value is the name of the directory in which the > socket file is stored.<<< > The default is to connect to a Unix-domain socket in /tmp. > > And using port I can specify socket name extension: > port > The port number to connect to at the server host, > >>>or the socket filename extension<<< for Unix-domain > connections. > > How is it possible to specify full unix domain socket > path and name, not only path and extension? > > Thanks > Ervin > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073