>>> On Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 12:34 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Jonah H. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There used to be a pg_terminate_backend, but it was #ifdef'd out due > to corruption concerns. Basically, all it did was: > > kill -TERM pid > > I'm not sure whether anyone has completed the research required to > know if anything remains corrupted, but it is used occasionally. Best > to do pg_cancel_backend and then kill -TERM. Where does pg_ctl kill fit in? Is TERM the normal signal to use there, too? Should the pg_ctl docs give some guidelines on the signals? -Kevin
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