On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
> What is the difference between the postmaster binary and the postgres
> binary? Does the postmaster act as nothing more than a multiplexor for
> postgres processes or something?
The postmaster 'binary' is a symbolic link to postgres. In reality, the
naming convention corresponds programmatically to what you have
described. If the invokation is done via 'postmaster' PostmasterMain() is
executed, otherwise it is assumed that a standalone backend s executed.
Gavin
