Alvaro Herrera <alvhe...@2ndquadrant.com> writes: > Tom Lane wrote: >> Peter Eisentraut <pete...@gmx.net> writes: >>> Here is a patch to add an option -I/--idempotent to pg_ctl, the result >>> of which is that pg_ctl doesn't error on start or stop if the server is >>> already running or already stopped.
>> Idempotent is a ten-dollar word. Can we find something that average >> people wouldn't need to consult a dictionary to understand? > --no-error perhaps? Meh, that's probably going too far in the direction of imprecision. The point of this patch is that only very specific errors are suppressed. I don't have a better idea though. It'd be easier if there were separate switches for the two cases, then you could call them --ok-if-running and --ok-if-stopped. But that's not very workable, if only because both would want the same single-letter abbreviation. 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