Travis Hume wrote:
> to determine if the database had been started. There are a couple of
> problems with this method. It seems that if you start postgresql and
> then issue a "kill -9" on the postmaster processes a .pid file is left
> behind (understandable), but then if you run "pg_ctl status" it will
> immediately report that the database is running and give you the pid
> number and whatever else.
I've seen this message at the bottom of some emails to this list:
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TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
Erik