Dann Corbit wrote: > > PostgreSQL uses fork(), which is not supported on OpenVMS. However, > > the techniques used by the WIN32 version of internal_forkexec() in > > src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c give the VMS version a good > > starting point. > > For PostgreSQL, you will probably want to use LIB$SPAWN() as a rough > equivalent to CreateProcess() on Windows
Ah, LIB$SPAWN, that brings back memories. > http://www.sysworks.com.au/disk$vaxdocsep002/opsys/vmsos721/5932/5932pro_041.html > > > Lastly, are we going to support ODS-2 disks?? And are we going to > > require GNV installed for building and running PostgreSQL on OpenVMS?? I hate to pour cold water on this, but why is it worth adding support for a platform that has such marginal usage. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
