postmaster.pid

Happy New Year to everyone (and especially to the PostgreSQL Developers)
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My computer shut down unexpectedly because of a short-circuit in
another room. The next time i powered on the computer, PostgreSQL
did not start automatically: the old postmaster.pid was still there.
So, I had to remove that file manually.
( everything was ok: the database did not suffer from this shock ).

Tip Suggestion:
i think that somewhere in the docs the administators
should be advised to delete postmaster.pid automatically at boot
time ( for example at the same time when the files in /tmp are
deleted ).
This way, in case of an unexpected shutdown, postgresql would be
able to restart without any manual intervention.

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Adrian Maier
(am(at)fx(dot)ro, 0723.002.097)