Re: How to check postgres running or not ?

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 ?

Well, in the $DATADIR you habe postmaster.pid that contains the supposed pid...




Regards
Gaetano Mendola