Overwrite PID file if it exists

2020-04-01 11:55:02 +02:00
parent dd35f04ec8
commit 80633bac29
1 changed files with 3 additions and 8 deletions
@@ -29714,14 +29714,9 @@ void server_loop(void) {

      /* check if file exists */
      if (stat(pidfile, &finfo) >= 0) {
-         eprintf("File \"%s\" exists, using \"%s.%d\" instead.\n", pidfile, pidfile, elog_tcp_port);
-         sprintf(pidfile + strlen(pidfile), ".%d", elog_tcp_port);
-
-         /* check again for the new name */
-         if (stat(pidfile, &finfo) >= 0) {
-            /* never overwrite a file */
-            eprintf("Refuse to overwrite existing file \"%s\".\n", pidfile);
-         }
+         /* if it exists remove it */
+         eprintf("File \"%s\" exists, overwriting it.\n", pidfile);
+         remove(pidfile);
      }

      fd = open(pidfile, O_CREAT | O_RDWR, 0644);