On March 3, 2015 11:09:29 AM Jim Nasby wrote: > On 3/3/15 9:26 AM, Andres Freund wrote: > > On 2015-03-03 15:21:24 +0000, Greg Stark wrote: > >> Fwiw this concerns me slightly. I'm sure a lot of people are doing > >> things like "kill -HUP `cat .../postmaster.pid`" or the equivalent. > > > > postmaster.pid already contains considerably more than just the pid. e.g. > > 4071 > > /srv/dev/pgdev-master > > 1425396089 > > 5440 > > /tmp > > localhost > > > > 5440001 82345992 > > If we already have all this extra stuff, why not include an actual error > message then, or at least the first line of an error (or maybe just swap > any newlines with spaces)?
Not impossible. I can play around with that and see if it's as straightforward as I think it is. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers