postmaster does not shut down

From: "surabhi(dot)ahuja" <surabhi(dot)ahuja(at)iiitb(dot)ac(dot)in>
To: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: postmaster does not shut down
Date: 2005-09-30 05:07:09
Message-ID: 967CFC4343BF2A4DAFACD026D33DC85118EC77@jal.iiitb.ac.in
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when i grep for postmaster
ps -aef | grep postmaster

it says:
/usr/bin/postmaster -D /export/home1/sdc_image_pool/dbx -p 5432

when i try to stop postmaster doing

/usr/bin/pg_ctl -D /export/home1/sdc_image_pool/dbx/ stop
the following is displayed:
waiting for postmaster to shut down............................................................... failed
pg_ctl: postmaster does not shut down

i grepped for PGDATA

echo $PGDATA
it says undefined variable

please tell me what to do

thanks
regards
surabhi ahuja

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