On 2024-08-23 at 17:03, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 04:52:07PM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > >> On 2024-08-23 at 16:41, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
>>> There is *no* command named postgres in the Postgresql >>> installation. Not in the client, not in the server parts. >> >> Then... what is /usr/lib/postgresql/$VERSION/bin/postgres ? > > It's a binary, but I wouldn't call it a "command" in the usual sense > (it would live in some of the customary $PATH places, then). >> It's not in $PATH, but I don't think I'd use that as the deciding >> factor for whether or not something qualifies as a command. > > Hm. That's exactly what I just did, That would be the difference between us on the subject, then. I was surprised by the statement, because of that difference in definitions. > IIRC (but I might be wrong) postgres is instantiated to handle a > session and should be started by postmaster. I don't think it > expects to be called directly. It probably won't be called directly, indeed, unless you're specifically launching the server manually for some reason (e.g. testing-related). -- The Wanderer The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw
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