Re: connection file descriptors created with identical number after process fork on mac

On 8/3/2016 4:25 PM, Chris Withers wrote:
>
> How can I convince myself, from the client side, that I really have
> got a new connection and not somehow ended up with one that been
> passed on as part of the fork?

$ psql -tc "select pg_backend_pid();"
           18635

$ psql -tc "select pg_backend_pid();"
           18665

$ psql -tc "select pg_backend_pid();"
           18727


now, operating system process ID's do get recycled eventually but not
very fast.

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john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz