Re: Postmaster.pid - what do the various lines stand for?

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Paul Linehan <linehanp(at)tcd(dot)ie>
Cc: "pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Postmaster.pid - what do the various lines stand for?
Date: 2015-05-05 02:09:54
Message-ID: CAKFQuwZitkmf5He-CF00efWYL98EJFg2oT+Ce+DuuPv6MpLCog@mail.gmail.com
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On Monday, May 4, 2015, Paul Linehan <linehanp(at)tcd(dot)ie> wrote:

> what does the bit of the path inst/./data - I'm unclear as to what the .
> (dot)
> in the middle of that path means.

. (Dot) means the same directory - self-referencing
.. (Dot dot) means the parent directory

Inst/./data == inst/data
Inst/data/.. == inst

> /tmp - the PostgreSQL temp (sorting) directory?

I think it is the location where the Unix socket is created. I think
temporary files are created somewhere in the data directory.

David J.

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