On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 09:08:31AM +0530, Amit Kapila wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 7:59 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 07:18:04PM +0530, Amit Kapila wrote:
> >> > OK, done with the attached patch Three is returned for status, but one
> >> > for other cases.
> >>
> >> I think it would have been better if it return status as 4 for cases where
> >> directory/file is not accessible (current new cases added by this patch).
> >>
> >> I think status 3 should be only return only when the data directory is valid
> >> and pid file is missing, because in script after getting this code, the next
> >> thing they will probably do is to start the server which doesn't seem a
> >> good fit for newly added cases.
> >
> > OK, I have updated the attached patch to reflect this, and added a C
> > comment.
>
> This is fine, do you think we should mention about this in docs?
> I have added one line in docs (updated patch attached), if you think
> it makes sense then add it otherwise ignore it.
I have applied your version of the patch with slightly different text:
If an accessible data directory is not specified, the process returns anexit status of 4.
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