Chris Marcellino wrote:
> Tom, that is a definitely valid point and thanks for the feedback. I
> assume that the 'more modern' string segment naming gave the POSIX
> methods an edge in avoiding collision between other apps.
> As far as detecting a) whether anyone else is currently attached to
> that segment and b) whether an earlier existence of the current
> backend was still attached to a segment, I presumed that checking the
> pid's of the backend that owns the shared memory segment and checking
> the data directory (both which the SysV code already does) would
> suffice?
Is there an API call to list all PIDs that are connected to a particular
segment?
--
Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support