Re: reloading config files pg_ctl reload

From: Jim Nasby <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org>
To: Rajesh Kumar Mallah <mallah(dot)rajesh(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "Lista Postgres" <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: reloading config files pg_ctl reload
Date: 2006-12-22 22:53:23
Message-ID: A6006AE3-878F-4A76-ABA4-340714CA4501@decibel.org
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On Dec 9, 2006, at 6:39 AM, Rajesh Kumar Mallah wrote:
> Will it be a good feature to have pg_ctl check the syntaxes of
> the config files before sending a SIGHUP to postmaster ?
>
> Suppose a DBA does somes typos in the files, he shall be confused
> not to see the changes in server even after pg_ctl reload .

While I agree it would be a useful feature, I doubt you'll find much
interest from existing developers to add this. I suspect a patch
would be accepted, though... just make sure and ask on pgsql-hackers
before you start coding one. :)
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Jim Nasby jim(at)nasby(dot)net
EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com 512.569.9461 (cell)

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