Re: What Are Last Steps Performed When PostgreSQL Starts?

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.