From: grimble@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   I use this command in /etc/rc.d/rc.local to start postgresql:   
   su -c '/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl start -D /local/opt/pgsql/data -l   
   /tmp/logfile' postgres   
      
   I assume that starting this process is asynchronous.   
   How can I tell that postgresql is ready to accept data from another   
   application that gets started by the following command in rc.local?   
   Should I just test for the existence of the socket .s.PGSQL.54323?   
   Thanks   
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