X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A824329E6A for ; Mon, 20 Sep 2004 01:21:02 +0100 (BST) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 28660-01 for ; Mon, 20 Sep 2004 00:20:54 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp101.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp101.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.79]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 80CEB329CAE for ; Mon, 20 Sep 2004 01:20:56 +0100 (BST) Received: from unknown (HELO phlogiston.dydns.org) (a.sullivan@rogers.com@65.49.125.184 with login) by smtp101.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 20 Sep 2004 00:20:55 -0000 Received: by phlogiston.dydns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0345240E2; Sun, 19 Sep 2004 20:20:54 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 20:20:54 -0400 From: Andrew Sullivan To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: How to check postgres running or not ? Message-ID: <20040920002054.GC15746@phlogiston.dyndns.org> Mail-Followup-To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org References: <414A7395.8070503@vertex.co.in> <414CE76E.2050405@noggon.com> <414D7533.10708@3times25.net> <19430.1095611100@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20040919165748.GB15746@phlogiston.dyndns.org> <19876.1095613927@sss.pgh.pa.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <19876.1095613927@sss.pgh.pa.us> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040722i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 tagged_above=0.0 required=5.0 tests= X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200409/144 X-Sequence-Number: 18990 On Sun, Sep 19, 2004 at 01:12:07PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > > Except that on Solaris, ps -ef _always_ shows "postmaster", even for > > the individual back ends. > > Right, but if you see a backend then you can figure the system is up. Oops, good point. (And in any case, on Solaris you also have the ucb ps, so it makes no difference.) A -- Andrew Sullivan | ajs@crankycanuck.ca The fact that technology doesn't work is no bar to success in the marketplace. --Philip Greenspun