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<term><filename>postmaster.opts.default</filename></term>

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<para>

If this file exists in the data directory,

<application>pg_ctl</application> (in <option>start</option>

mode) will pass the contents of the file as options to the

<command>postgres</command> command, unless overridden by the

<option>-o</option> option.

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<term><filename>postmaster.opts</filename></term>

staticbooltest_postmaster_connection(bool);

staticboolpostmaster_is_alive(pid_tpid);

staticchardef_postopts_file[MAXPGPATH];

staticcharpostopts_file[MAXPGPATH];

staticcharpid_file[MAXPGPATH];

staticcharconf_file[MAXPGPATH];

read_post_opts(void)

{

char*optline=NULL;

if (post_opts==NULL)

{

char**optlines;

intlen;

optlines=readfile(ctl_command==RESTART_COMMAND ?

postopts_file :def_postopts_file);

if (optlines==NULL)

post_opts="";/* defatult */

if (ctl_command==RESTART_COMMAND)

{

if (ctl_command==START_COMMAND||ctl_command==RUN_AS_SERVICE_COMMAND)

post_opts="";

optlines=readfile(postopts_file);

if (optlines==NULL)

{

write_stderr(_("%s: could not read file \"%s\"\n"),progname,postopts_file);

exit(1);

}

}

elseif (optlines[0]==NULL||optlines[1]!=NULL)

{

write_stderr(_("%s: option file \"%s\" must have exactly one line\n"),

progname,ctl_command==RESTART_COMMAND ?

postopts_file :def_postopts_file);

exit(1);

}

{

optline=optlines[0];

len=strcspn(optline,"\r\n");

optline[len]='\0';

if (ctl_command==RESTART_COMMAND)

elseif (optlines[0]==NULL||optlines[1]!=NULL)

{

write_stderr(_("%s: option file \"%s\" must have exactly one line\n"),

progname,postopts_file);

exit(1);

}

{

intlen;

char*optline=NULL;

char*arg1;

optline=optlines[0];

len=strcspn(optline,"\r\n");

optline[len]='\0';

arg1=strchr(optline,*SYSTEMQUOTE);

if (arg1==NULL||arg1==optline)

post_opts="";

if (postgres_path!=NULL)

postgres_path=optline;

}

post_opts=optline;

}

}

}

if (pg_data)

{

snprintf(def_postopts_file,MAXPGPATH, "%s/postmaster.opts.default",pg_data);

snprintf(postopts_file,MAXPGPATH, "%s/postmaster.opts",pg_data);

snprintf(pid_file,MAXPGPATH, "%s/postmaster.pid",pg_data);

snprintf(conf_file,MAXPGPATH, "%s/postgresql.conf",pg_data);