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Merge postmaster and postgres command into just postgres. postmaster

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symlink is kept for now for compatibility.  To call single-user mode, use
postgres --single.
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Peter Eisentraut
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/arch-dev.sgml,v 2.26 2006/03/10 19:10:46 momjian Exp $ -->
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/arch-dev.sgml,v 2.27 2006/06/18 15:38:35 petere Exp $ -->
<chapter id="overview">
<title>Overview of PostgreSQL Internals</title>
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know ahead of time how many connections will be made, we have to
use a <firstterm>master process</firstterm> that spawns a new
server process every time a connection is requested. This master
process is called <literal>postmaster</literal> and listens at a
process is called <literal>postgres</literal> and listens at a
specified TCP/IP port for incoming connections. Whenever a request
for a connection is detected the <literal>postmaster</literal>
process spawns a new server process called
<literal>postgres</literal>. The server tasks
(<literal>postgres</literal> processes) communicate with each
other using <firstterm>semaphores</firstterm> and
for a connection is detected the <literal>postgres</literal>
process spawns a new server process. The server tasks
communicate with each other using <firstterm>semaphores</firstterm> and
<firstterm>shared memory</firstterm> to ensure data integrity
throughout concurrent data access.
</para>