Re: Uninformative messages from pg_ctl

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Uninformative messages from pg_ctl
Date: 2007-10-09 11:09:19
Message-ID: 200710091309.20192.peter_e@gmx.net
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Am Dienstag, 9. Oktober 2007 schrieb Simon Riggs:
> These messages from pg_ctl are not useful
>
> $ pg_ctl -D nonexistent stop
> pg_ctl: PID file "nonexistent/postmaster.pid" does not exist
> Is server running?
>
> The message should say
> pg_ctl: Data Directory "nonexistent" does not exist

Well, this objection could apply to any place where a file is being opened.
I'm curious how you plan to sort out the difference, considering that open()
simply returns ENOENT in both cases.

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Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/

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