On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Thom Brown <t...@linux.com> wrote: > On 6 March 2012 16:04, Adrian Klaver <adrian.kla...@gmail.com> 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 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
