Re: [HACKERS] Sure enough, the lock file is gone

[Tom Lane]

"Oliver Elphick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> /var/run/postgresql

There's another reason why the standard socket directory is /tmp,
and that's that it exists everywhere.  Not all Unix systems even *have*
a /var hierarchy, let alone one that the admin will let you have a
playpen in.

                        regards, tom lane