Re: pg_ctl is fragile

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:
> Doesn't seem like kill's exit code is going to tell you enough.
> If you got, say, "Permission denied" rather than "No such process",
> you shouldn't report that the postmaster isn't running.

Ok, fair enough -- so is there any way to improve this behavior?

Cheers,

Neil

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