On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 10:06 AM, Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Scott Marlowe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> Kill -9 is the "shoot it in the head" signal. It is not > >> generated by postgresql in normal operation. It can be > >> generated by "pg_ctl -m immediate stop" . At least I think > >> that's what signal it sends. > > Just for the archives: Postgres never generates kill -9 at all. > (Immediate stop uses SIGQUIT, instead.) When you see that in > the log, you can be sure it was a manual action or the OOM killer.
Thanks. Just wondering, what's the difference in behavior from pgsql's perspective from sigquit and siqkill? Is sigkill more dangerous than sigquit? -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
