From 0b055d3145af299970058d2341f91c445472cb90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Thomas G. Lockhart" <lockhart@fourpalms.org>
Date: Sat, 17 May 1997 15:08:32 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Linux-specific (RedHat variant) postgres system startup
routine. Initial version.
---
contrib/linux/postgres.init | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 59 insertions(+)
create mode 100755 contrib/linux/postgres.init
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
--
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