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diff --git a/contrib/linux/postgres.init b/contrib/linux/postgres.init new file mode 100755 index 00000000000..da1c06df4ca --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/linux/postgres.init @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +#! /bin/sh +# +# postgres.init Start postgres back end system. +# +# Author: Thomas Lockhart <Thomas.Lockhart@jpl.nasa.gov> +# based on news startup by David Myers +# +# Written for RedHat Linux but should apply to other Linux distributions. +# Assumptions: +# - the postgres user is named "postgres" +# - the postgres user is running csh/tcsh +# + +# Source function library. +. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions + +# Get config. +. /etc/sysconfig/network + +# Check that networking is up. +# Pretty much need it for postmaster. +if [ ${NETWORKING} = "no" ] +then + exit 0 +fi + +[ -f /opt/postgres/current/bin/postmaster ] || exit 0 + +# See how we were called. +case "$1" in + start) + echo -n "Starting postgres service: " +# force full login to get path names and environment variables +# postgres runs tcsh so use proper syntax in redirection +# change this line if another shell syntax is necessary +# su - postgres -c 'postmaster -S' > /dev/null& + su - postgres -c 'postmaster >>&! /tmp/postmaster.log&' > /dev/null& + sleep 5 + pid=`pidof postmaster` + echo -n "postmaster [$pid]" +# touch /var/lock/subsys/postmaster + echo + ;; + stop) + echo -n "Stopping postgres service: " + pid=`pidof postmaster` + if [ "$pid" != "" ] ; then + echo -n "postmaster [$pid]" + kill -TERM $pid + sleep 1 + fi + echo + ;; + *) + echo "Usage: postgres.init {start|stop}" + exit 1 +esac + +exit 0 |