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| author | Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> | 2018-01-23 12:41:35 -0500 |
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| committer | Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> | 2018-01-23 12:42:03 -0500 |
| commit | c9707d9413b171a6f017db1ea7832d797d3abc0d (patch) | |
| tree | 85e166d665dd3a895fc878171a0ad68220424fc8 | |
| parent | f9bbd46adbf350ba9e99a808f2c759e4aab9ea70 (diff) | |
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Documentation fix: pg_ctl no longer makes connection attempts.
Overlooked in commit f13ea95f9. Noted by Nick Barnes.
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20180123093723.7407.3386@wrigleys.postgresql.org
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml index 7eb5dd320c1..0816bc1686c 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml @@ -405,10 +405,12 @@ PostgreSQL documentation </para> <para> - When waiting for startup, <command>pg_ctl</command> repeatedly - attempts to connect to the server. - When waiting for shutdown, <command>pg_ctl</command> waits for - the server to remove its <acronym>PID</acronym> file. + When waiting, <command>pg_ctl</command> repeatedly checks the + server's <acronym>PID</acronym> file, sleeping for a short amount + of time between checks. Startup is considered complete when + the <acronym>PID</acronym> file indicates that the server is ready to + accept connections. Shutdown is considered complete when the server + removes the <acronym>PID</acronym> file. <command>pg_ctl</command> returns an exit code based on the success of the startup or shutdown. </para> |