Am Dienstag, 9. Oktober 2007 schrieb Simon Riggs: > These messages from pg_ctl are not useful > > $ pg_ctl -D nonexistent stop > pg_ctl: PID file "nonexistent/postmaster.pid" does not exist > Is server running? > > The message should say > pg_ctl: Data Directory "nonexistent" does not exist
Well, this objection could apply to any place where a file is being opened. I'm curious how you plan to sort out the difference, considering that open() simply returns ENOENT in both cases. -- Peter Eisentraut http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq