In message <199910081726.SAA06340@argh.demon.co.uk>you write:
>
>Call this script postmasterangel.sh (as in guardian angel) and run it
>instead of the postmaster. Change the postmaster line in here to be
>your postmaster boot configuration options.
>
><disclaimer>
>This runs under linux. It will probably work under most un*x
>flavors. Dont expect anything under doze unless you use cygwin for it.
>Yes its nasty, I wrote it to doa job, not to look good
></disclaimer>
>
>----------------------------------------------
>#!/bin/sh -
>
>pma=`ps x | grep -v grep | grep postmasterangel | grep 'sh -' | wc -l`
>
>if [ "$pma" -gt "2" ]
>then
> exit 0
>fi
>
>while [ 1 ]
>do
>
> pm=`ps x | grep -v grep | grep -v angel | grep postmaster`
> if [ "x$pm" = "x" ]
> then
> /usr/bin/postmaster -o "-F -S 10240" -d 1 -N 512 -B 3000 -D/var/lib/pg
>sql/data -o -F > /tmp/postmasterout 2> /tmp/postmastererr
> else
> sleep 60
> fi
>
>done
>
>************
>
Hmm, perhaps I'm missing something, but since the postmaster doesnt go
into the background by default, couldn't you just run a script
with a loop creating postmasters as they die? Something like:
#! /bin/sh
while :
do
postmaster >> post.out 2>&1
done
Ted