OK, thanks. We're using pg_ctl to start it at the moment, but we can
obviously change that.

- DAP 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tom Lane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
>Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 6:18 PM
>To: David Parker
>Cc: postgres general
>Subject: Re: [GENERAL] monitoring database activity on solaris 
>
>"David Parker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> According to the 7.4 doc section on monitoring database 
>activity, one 
>> should be able to see the current activity happening in a given 
>> postgres process. It mentions that on Solaris (which we are running 
>> on) you need to use /usr/ucb/ps, and it also says
>> 
>> " your original invocation of the postmaster command must have a 
>> shorter ps status display than that provided by each server process "
>
>Yeah.  This is a Solaris peculiarity that we only figured out 
>by chance.
>The best bet is to make sure that your postmaster start script 
>invokes the postmaster as
>       postmaster
>no more.  No path (set PATH beforehand instead).  No 
>command-line switches (whatever you might want there can be 
>put into postgresql.conf instead).  Redirection is OK, but 
>keep the command line itself to a minimum.  "postmaster" and 
>nothing else will be shorter than any of the ps display 
>settings the postmaster's children use ... but if you have a 
>bunch of command-line arguments, it'll be longer, and Solaris' 
>ps will choose to display the wrong thing.
>
>                       regards, tom lane
>

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