Re: Uninformative messages from pg_ctl

Am Dienstag, 9. Oktober 2007 schrieb Simon Riggs:
> These messages from pg_ctl are not useful
>
> $ pg_ctl -D nonexistent stop
> pg_ctl: PID file "nonexistent/postmaster.pid" does not exist
> Is server running?
>
> The message should say
> pg_ctl: Data Directory "nonexistent" does not exist

Well, this objection could apply to any place where a file is being opened.  
I'm curious how you plan to sort out the difference, considering that open() 
simply returns ENOENT in both cases.

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Peter Eisentraut
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