On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 8:30 AM, Harshitha S <hershe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > We are trying to introduce a thread that monitors the creation of the > trigger_file. As and when the file is created, the process that monitors > postgres server needs to be notified through the inotify API. > > This is to reduce the 3-4 seconds delay that exists with the current > implementation in postgres. As per the current implementation, the thread > checks for the existence of the file every 5 seconds. If the file got > created just 1 second after the sleep, there is a wait time of 4 seconds > before we know whether the file is present or not. We intend to avoid this > delay by using inotify(). > > PostgreSQL version number you are running: postgres 9.1.5 > > How you installed PostgreSQL: Downloaded and compiled the sources > > > Does anyone have suggestions on the appropriate place to add > inotify_add_watch to achieve our objective? > Thanks in advance.
"pg_ctl promote" already uses a signal to remove this time delay. Is there a reason you can't just use this? -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
