RE: Problem with stopping postmaster with pg_ctl

2003-09-17 Thread John Pagakis
tderr on the terminal. "$po_path" ${1+"$@"} &1 & fi # if had an old lockfile, check to see if we were able to start if [ -n "$oldpid" ];then sleep 1 if [ -f "$PIDFILE" ];then if [ "`sed -n 1p $PIDFILE`" = &

RE: Problem with stopping postmaster with pg_ctl

2003-09-17 Thread John Pagakis
t;$PIDFILE" ];then if [ "`sed -n 1p $PIDFILE`" = "$oldpid" ];then echo "$CMDNAME: cannot start postmaster" 1>&2 echo "Examine the log output." 1>&2 exit 1 fi fi fi # wait for postmaster to start if [ "$wait&q

RE: Problem with stopping postmaster with pg_ctl

2003-09-17 Thread John Pagakis
, BEFORE you exit, do this: 1) ps This gives you a list of active processes. 2) Find the pid for postgres who's ppid is 1. 3) kill -15 that pid. 4) Wait for the message that the database is shut down. Now you can exit. ______ J

RE: Problem with stopping postmaster with pg_ctl

2003-09-17 Thread John Pagakis
d this problem do this: 1) ps This gives you a list of active processes. 2) Find the pid for Postgres who's ppid is 1. 3) kill -15 that pid. 4) Wait for the message that the database is shut down. You are now shut down. ______ J

RE: Problem with stopping postmaster with pg_ctl

2003-09-16 Thread John Pagakis
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RE: Problem with stopping postmaster with pg_ctl

2003-09-16 Thread John Pagakis
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Problem with stopping postmaster with pg_ctl

2003-09-16 Thread John Pagakis
s Postgres down. Why would the interpreter rejecting the command line for kill when it appears to be well formed? Any help would be greatly appreciated. __ John Pagakis Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Ideas are more powerful than