Re: [GENERAL] Warning: Don't delete those /tmp/.PGSQL.* files

* Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> [001125 16:37]:
> "Joel Burton" <jburton@scw.org> writes:
> 
> This story does indicate that we need a less fragile interlock against
> starting two postmasters on one database.  I have to admit that it
> hadn't occurred to me that you could break the port-number interlock
> so easily as that :-(.  But obviously you can, so we need a different
> way of representing the interlock.  Hackers, any thoughts?
how about a .pid/.port/.???  file in the /data directory, and a lock on that? 


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