Euler Taveira de Oliveira wrote:
> Martin Pitt wrote:
> > For example, "psql -l" is a convenient
> > method to check whether the postmaster is running at all,
> > finished with startup and ready for connections.
>
> Why not just "pg_ctl status"?

That doesn't check whether the server is actually answering requests.  
And it cannot check remote hosts.

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Peter Eisentraut
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