From: | "Aaron W(dot) Swenson" <titanofold(at)gentoo(dot)org> |
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To: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: "pg_ctl promote" exit status |
Date: | 2013-01-12 20:30:12 |
Message-ID: | 20130112203010.GA2162@gengoff.gsmr.local |
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On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 12:29:11PM -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 6:39 AM, Dhruv Ahuja <dhruvahuja(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> > The "pg_ctl promote" command returns an exit code of 1 when the server
> > is not in standby mode, and the same exit code of 1 when the server
> > isn't started at all. The only difference at the time being is the
> > string output at the time, which FYI are...
> >
> > pg_ctl: cannot promote server; server is not in standby mode
> >
> > ...and...
> >
> > pg_ctl: PID file "/var/lib/pgsql/9.1/data/postmaster.pid" does not exist
> > Is server running?
> >
> > ...respectively.
> >
> > I am in the process of developing a clustering solution around luci
> > and rgmanager (in Red Hat EL 6) and for the time being, am basing it
> > off the string output. Maybe each different exit reason should have a
> > unique exit code, whatever my logic and approach to solving this
> > problem be?
>
> That doesn't seem like a bad idea. Got a patch?
>
The Linux Standard Base Core Specification 3.1 says this should return
'3'. [1]
[1] http://refspecs.freestandards.org/LSB_3.1.1/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/iniscrptact.html
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