| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au> |
| Cc: | "Hackers" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: postmaster vs. postgres |
| Date: | 2002-01-09 06:03:13 |
| Message-ID: | 5728.1010556193@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au> writes:
> What is the difference between the postmaster binary and the postgres
> binary? Does the postmaster act as nothing more than a multiplexor for
> postgres processes or something?
None, and yup. There is some stuff about this at
http://developer.postgresql.org/osdn.php (I recommend the "tour"
slides ;-)). I thought we had some graphics about this in the standard
documentation, too, but am not finding it right now.
regards, tom lane
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