Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> writes: > I don't see any tool using PQping except pg_ctl. Perhaps we should > modify "pg_ctl status" to use PQping. Right now is only checks the > postmaster.pid file, and checks to see that the pid is a running > postmaster. What it currently doesn't do is to check if the server is > accepting connections with PQping(), like we do for "pg_ctl -w start".
The thing about pg_ctl is that it requires access to the data directory (and still would, in the variant you propose). If we were going to do something like what Phil suggests then I think it ought to be something usable remotely. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers