Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > Doesn't removing the file reduce the chances of failing to start later
> > in case another postmaster already has that pid?
>
> No, because the external pidfile has zero to do with Postgres' internal
> behavior.
>
> Personally I always thought that the external pidfile was a "feature"
> we should have rejected. It can never be a particularly reliable guide
> to what PG is doing, the more especially so if the program looking at it
> isn't doing any cross-checking, as the OP seems not to be doing.
Oh, it is the "external" file, not the one we automatically create in the
/data directory.
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