Re: postmaster.pid

> > I think it's better to call uor named pipe. That way we'll 
> find out if 
> > it's actually a postmaster of ours or a different process 
> alltogether 
> > there.
> 
> I'm not sure that's a good idea. The function is there to 
> emulate the unix kill() which doesn't care what the process 
> is. Changing the code as you suggest could cause confusionon 
> Windows if someone uses kill() for other purposes.

Why would they link with libpgport if they use it for other purposes?
;-)

But sure, we don't really care if it's a postmaster. Then OpenProcess()
is probably the best way, yes.

//Magnus

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