> -----Original Message-----
> From: slony1-general-bounces at gborg.postgresql.org 
> [mailto:slony1-general-bounces at gborg.postgresql.org] On 
> Behalf Of cbbrowne at ca.afilias.info
> Sent: 05 July 2005 03:43
> To: Hiroshi Saito
> Cc: slony1-general at gborg.postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [Slony1-general] Service handling of Slon
> 
> > Should turn with Win32 the operation of Slon is Services.
> > It looks like pg_ctl, and it entails a kill signal. Therefore,
> > I propose it as sl_ctl. Then, it thinks that it should be used
> > in all the platforms. (don't kill -9 slon....)
> 
> That sounds like a most interesting idea, and I'd suggest 
> that it's not
> "just for Windows" (much as pg_ctl runs everywhere).

As I just posted in another message, given that there is not sl_ctl at
the moment, my preference would be too simply incorporate the service
control code directly into slon, which is probably actually easier than
keeping it separate. If an sl_ctl is created for other purposes though,
I would not object to us putting our service code in it instead.

> Amongst the useful features would include:
> 
>  - Using the option that specifies a PID file, thereby 
> meaning you have
>    a clear way of getting at the PID
> 
>  - Having an option to indicate that config should be stored in a
>    "slon.conf" file
> 
>  - Control over logging...

Can these issues not be resolved fairly easily in Slon anyway?

Regards, Dave.