Re: fork/exec

 
> Looking at postmaster.c, my head started to spin a little. I think I 
> understood that exec case or not, by the time we get to BackendRun we 
> have already done all the fork/exec action. Have I read this correctly?

Yes. In the normal case, fork() then BackendRun. In the EXEC_BACKEND case,
fork/exec (or CreateProcess), which then invokes BackendRun via
SubPostmasterMain.


> (This code is getting rather intricate. A Readme file might be nice. 
Just a thought)

Which bits in particular?

Cheers,
Claudio

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