actually, wouldn't it be interesting to see a description of all the things that go on from start to finish, in general or course. It helps to know the logic behind the scenes when things break; not if, when. On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 10:05:24AM -0400, Lane Van Ingen wrote: > QUESTION: what are the few last steps that PostgreSQL does when it starts > up? I am looking for things that I can check to be sure it has completed > installation (from a script) before allowing the script to proceed to the > next step, like: > - opening a socket > - creating a PID file > - etc.