Re: Switch pg_ctl's default about waiting?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: Switch pg_ctl's default about waiting?
Date: 2000-12-07 21:08:33
Message-ID: 17174.976223313@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> 2. Why would you necessarily care to wait for shutdown? Startup I can
> see, but shutdown doesn't seem so important.

Well, maybe I'm the only one who has a script like
pg_ctl -w stop
cd ~/.../backend; make installbin
pg_ctl start
but I got burnt regularly until I put -w in there ;-)

regards, tom lane

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