| From: | Florian Pflug <fgp(at)phlo(dot)org> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: pg_ctl and port number detection |
| Date: | 2010-12-21 02:30:28 |
| Message-ID: | 6A50AD48-3EE9-41FC-B470-9DCF2399D695@phlo.org |
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On Dec21, 2010, at 03:04 , Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Actually, if we're going to do this at all, we should do
>>
>> pid
>> datadir
>> port
>> socketdir
>> ... here be dragons ...
>>
>> so that pg_ctl doesn't have to assume the server is running with a
>> default value of unix_socket_dir. Not sure what to put in the fourth
>> line on Windows though ... maybe just leave it empty?
>
> I am curious about the use of the socketdir. What can that be used for?
If it's non-default and you want to connect via unix sockets, just knowing
the port won't help much.
best regards,
Florian Pflug
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