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Diffstat (limited to 'src')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c b/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c index c9007eded92..8e9d2cec3de 100644 --- a/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c +++ b/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c @@ -1155,9 +1155,11 @@ do_status(void) pgpid_t pid; pid = get_pgpid(); - if (pid != 0) /* 0 means no pid file */ + /* Is there a pid file? */ + if (pid != 0) { - if (pid < 0) /* standalone backend */ + /* standalone backend? */ + if (pid < 0) { pid = -pid; if (postmaster_is_alive((pid_t) pid)) @@ -1168,7 +1170,7 @@ do_status(void) } } else - /* postmaster */ + /* must be a postmaster */ { if (postmaster_is_alive((pid_t) pid)) { @@ -1186,7 +1188,11 @@ do_status(void) } } printf(_("%s: no server running\n"), progname); - exit(1); + /* + * The Linux Standard Base Core Specification 3.1 says this should return '3' + * http://refspecs.freestandards.org/LSB_3.1.1/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/iniscrptact.html + */ + exit(3); } |