Re: How to check postgres running or not ?

How about a simple

" telnet localhost 5432 "  ?

assuming postmaster is listening on that host and port


On Fri, 17 Sep 2004, Sandeep Gaikwad wrote:

>
> Hello Sir,
>               I want to know how to check whether postgres database is 
> running or not ? when  I give command like ./postmaster -i &, whether all 
> databases in that postgres will run or any one [default] ? If any one, then 
> how to detect that database ?
>
> Thanks and regards,
> Sandeep.
>