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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Mischa Sandberg <mischa_sandberg@telus.net>
Cc: H. Hall <hhall1001@reedyriver.com>
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Reliably determining whether the server came up
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:59:42 -0500
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Mischa Sandberg <mischa_sandberg@telus.net> writes:
> Perhaps it's my "test for DB ready" that's the problem?

> + while pg_ctl status && ! psql -l; do sleep 1; done >/dev/null 2>&1

I'd bet that the pg_ctl status part is failing.  I get exit status 1
from it if there's no server running.

			regards, tom lane

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