start up and shut down script

["surabhi.ahuja" <surabhi.ahuja@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am using PostgreSQL 8.0.0.

 

 i have noted the following lines in the script to start or shut down postmaster.

Can you please let me know why they are needed

 

if [ "`uname`" = "Linux" ]; then
   INITD=/etc/rc.d/init.d
   . $INITD/functions
   # Get config.
   . /etc/sysconfig/network
fi

and

 

if [ "`uname`" = "Linux" ]; then
   [ "${NETWORKING}" = "no" ] && exit 0
fi

 

who will define $NETWORKING ?

 

are these calls OS specific , for instance they are for red hat

 

for a diffrent OS like Enterprise Suse Linux 10 the above script will not work,

because the file $INITD/functions is not there in case of Suse Linux installation

 

Similarly . /etc/sysconfig/network
is not a file but a directory in Suse Linux 10.

 

 

thanks

surabhi