Files ...

This is three files IMHO useful for community

1. SysV start script for postgres, also can be used under freebsd
(see below)
2. simple utility su_postgres, it make su to user postgres whether or not
shell for it specified, is better than su for security reason
3. configure/configure.in checking for ps style
BSD ps -ax or SysV ps -e

Probably, there is the reason to include it (after some improvement0 into
distribution.

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Dmitry Samersoff, dms(at)wplus(dot)net, ICQ:3161705
http://devnull.wplus.net
* There will come soft rains ...

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#ident "@(#)/etc/init.d/pgsql 1.0 26/08/99 dms"

PG_HOME="/usr/local/pgsql"
PG_DATA="$PG_HOME/data"
UDS="/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"

PS="@PS@"
GREP="@GREP@"

case "$1" in
'start')
# If no postgres run, remove UDS and start postgres.
pid=
set -- `$PS | $GREP postmaster | $GREP -v grep`
[ $? -eq 0 ] && pid=$1

if [ -z "$pid" ]; then
rm -f "$UDS"
$PG_HOME/bin/su_postgres "$PG_HOME/bin/postmaster -D $PG_DATA
-b $PG_HOME/bin/postgres -i -S -o -F &"
echo "Postgres started"
else
echo "Postmaster already run with pid $pid"
fi
;;
'stop')
pid=
set -- `$PS | $GREP postmaster | $GREP -v grep`
[ $? -eq 0 ] && pid=$1

if [ -z "$pid" ]; then
echo "Postgres not run"
else
echo "Stoping postmaster with pid $pid"
kill $pid
fi

;;
*)
echo "USAGE: $0 {start | stop}"
;;
esac