killproc should send a kill -15 to the process, wait a few seconds for
it to exit. If it does not, try kill -1, and if that doesn't kill it,
then kill -9.
> Tom Lane wrote:
> > checkpoint record. Clueless admins who resort to kill -9 as a routine
> > admin tool *will* lose their databases. Moreover, the init scripts
> > that are running around now are dangerous weapons if used with 7.1.
>
> Thanks for the headsup, Tom. Time to nix killproc and do something
> cleaner -- compatible, but cleaner. I'll have to research what the
> defaults are for later RH's -- but, as 6.1 is one of my target platforms
> at this time, I have to fix that issue for sure.
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