Re: Clarification

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: ElayaRaja S <elayaraja(dot)s(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Clarification
Date: 2005-04-19 14:13:25
Message-ID: 21196.1113920005@sss.pgh.pa.us
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ElayaRaja S <elayaraja(dot)s(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> bash-2.05b$ pg_ctl stop
> /usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl: line 274: kill: (19859) - No such process
> waiting for postmaster to shut
> down................................................................
> failed
> pg_ctl: postmaster does not shut down

Is there actually a postmaster running? Is pg_ctl looking in the right
data directory? The above could happen if you have a PGDATA environment
setting that corresponds to a data directory that's not actively in use.

regards, tom lane

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