Re: [GENERAL] postgresql start/stop/status script

[Baldur Norddahl]

Peter Eisentraut wrote: Baldur Norddahl wrote: Is there a better way to query the status of postgresql? I would expect it to at least check that the process in the PID is actually running and that it is a postgresql process. Maybe try test $(readlink /proc/$pid/exe) = /usr/bin/postgres I have now changed my script to use this instead:         if pgrep -U pg0 'postmaster' > /dev/null         then                 echo running         else                 echo stopped         fi I would still hold that "pg_ctl status" is broken though. Baldur