"Marc Fromm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> My system is Fedora Core 7 running postgresql 8.2.3-2.
> I can shutdown postgres and the postmaster with the single command
> "pg_ctl stop -m smart."
> According to the documentation I can restart the postmaster with "pg_ctl
> start." When I enter pg_ctl start, everything starts except the
> postmaster.
> Checking ps ax | grep post displays 4 postgres processes and no
> postmaster.
One of them is the postmaster.
postmaster and postgres are identical in recent PG releases;
what you're looking at is just a difference between pg_ctl and
the initscript about which name they choose to use.
regards, tom lane
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