Re: postmaster.exe vs postgres.exe - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: postmaster.exe vs postgres.exe
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Msg-id 449A9A5D.9020305@dunslane.net
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In response to Re: postmaster.exe vs postgres.exe (was: CVS HEAD busted on Windows?)  ("Dave Page" <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk>)
Responses Re: postmaster.exe vs postgres.exe  ("Dave Page" <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk>)
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Dave Page wrote:

>>Won't we still need to know if we are called as postmaster or 
>>postgres?
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>>
>
>Unless the 'postmaster' instance starts all it's sub processes with an
>additional option to tell them they're children (I haven't looked at the
>code yet so I dunno if this is how it's done).
>
>For those that are unaware, because Windows doesn't support symlinks, we
>currently ship two copies of the binary. We could save 3.2MB
>(uncompressed, 8.1.4) if we could lose one of them.
>
>
>  
>

Windows children could be handled, I think, but here is also standalone 
postgres.

3.2 Mb is not insignificant, but I think we can live with it.

cheers

andrew


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