Re: What Are Last Steps Performed When PostgreSQL Starts?

From: Ray Stell <stellr(at)cns(dot)vt(dot)edu>
To: Lane Van Ingen <lvaningen(at)esncc(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: What Are Last Steps Performed When PostgreSQL Starts?
Date: 2006-09-27 13:56:47
Message-ID: 20060927135647.GB22607@cns.vt.edu
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actually, wouldn't it be interesting to see a description of all the
things that go on from start to finish, in general or course. It helps
to know the logic behind the scenes when things break; not if, when.

On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 10:05:24AM -0400, Lane Van Ingen wrote:
> QUESTION: what are the few last steps that PostgreSQL does when it starts
> up? I am looking for things that I can check to be sure it has completed
> installation (from a script) before allowing the script to proceed to the
> next step, like:
> - opening a socket
> - creating a PID file
> - etc.

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