Re: regarding postmaster.pid file

Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:

> "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.

I think he's thinking the other way around. If the file system does fill up he
wants postgres to still be able to start up.

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