> Looking at postmaster.c, my head started to spin a little. I think I > understood that exec case or not, by the time we get to BackendRun we > have already done all the fork/exec action. Have I read this correctly?
Yes. In the normal case, fork() then BackendRun. In the EXEC_BACKEND case, fork/exec (or CreateProcess), which then invokes BackendRun via SubPostmasterMain. > (This code is getting rather intricate. A Readme file might be nice. Just a thought) Which bits in particular? Cheers, Claudio --- Certain disclaimers and policies apply to all email sent from Memetrics. For the full text of these disclaimers and policies see <a href="http://www.memetrics.com/emailpolicy.html";>http://www.memetrics.com/em ailpolicy.html</a> ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
