Received: from candle.pha.pa.us (pgman@s5-03.ppp.op.net [209.152.195.67]) by hub.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA77251 for ; Wed, 10 May 2000 20:13:00 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from pgman@candle.pha.pa.us) Received: (from pgman@localhost) by candle.pha.pa.us (8.9.0/8.9.0) id UAA23578; Wed, 10 May 2000 20:12:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Bruce Momjian Message-Id: <200005110012.UAA23578@candle.pha.pa.us> Subject: Re: setproctitle() no longer used? In-Reply-To: from Vince Vielhaber at "May 10, 2000 08:07:30 pm" To: Vince Vielhaber Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 20:12:12 -0400 (EDT) CC: The Hermit Hacker , Peter Eisentraut , pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL72 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archive-Number: 200005/660 > > > making it: setproctitle("Postgres Power!"); gives this: > > > > > > 34273 p3 S 0:00.00 test: Postgres Power! (test) > > > > Well, that's interesting. Our issue with setproctitle is how fast it > > is. Every query changes its proctitle, so it has to be fast. Tom want > > to have setproctitle on backend startup, then use the fast method on > > platforms that support it. > > > > Does the existing postgres ps title code work on your Linux? > > I'm assuming you're not asking me.. I thought I was. :-) I now realize you are running FreeBSD. Yikes. So neither works. Well, that is a problem. Does the -lutil help? -- Bruce Momjian | http://www.op.net/~candle pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026