Hi! Emmanuel CHANTREAU [2005-03-04 22:32 +0100]: > postgresql-dump get pids using ps but it could fail if the ps output is > modified by environment variable PS_FORMAT. To correct the problem you > should replace > ps ax > by > ps ax --format "pid,comm" > or insert a "unset PS_FORMAT" at the begining of the script.
Thanks for this hint.
> see patch below:
>
> diff /usr/lib/postgresql/bin/postgresql-dump
> /usr/lib/postgresql/bin/postgresql-dump~
> 326c326
> < pm_pid=`ps ax --format "pid,comm"| grep -s postmaster | grep
> -v grep | awk '{print $1}'`
> ---
> > pm_pid=`ps ax | grep -s postmaster | grep -v grep | awk
> > '{print $5}'`
> 390c390
> < new_pm_pid=`ps ax --format "pid,comm"| grep -s postmaster |
> grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}'`
> ---
> > new_pm_pid=`ps ax | grep -s postmaster | grep -v grep | awk
> > '{print $5}'`
> r
Hmm, this is already clumsy enough. I think I will rather replace all
of these calls by proper "pidof" commands, which is much cleaner and
more efficient.
Martin
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