"surabhi.ahuja" <surabhi(dot)ahuja(at)iiitb(dot)ac(dot)in> writes:
> My question is that
> while starting postmaster is there an option to specify the location of =
> postmaster.pid file ..
> i was thinking if i can keep the postmaster.pid file in a separate =
> folder ..because that folder rarely gets full.
You do realize that postmaster.pid only takes 100 or so bytes? If you
are out of space on the database partition, moving the pid file would
*not* help measurably.
regards, tom lane