Stephan Szabo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The postmaster's seems to have a section that does a null device open, > dup2s and a close at the end of pmdaemonize in the 7.4 and 7.5 versions on > my box:
Yes, and that behavior is exactly why we deprecate -S ... I don't think that the autovacuum daemon should emulate it. This is all moot though since we seem to have a consensus that the autovac daemon will become a postmaster child in 7.5. There is therefore no reason for it to worry about daemonizing itself. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html