Re: Shutdown TRUE?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Shutdown TRUE?
Date: 2001-09-20 20:30:16
Message-ID: 3458.1001017816@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Tom Lane writes:
>> It means the latest checkpoint record in the WAL log has the shutdown bit
>> set, implying that there was an intentional shutdown.

> I'd hardly consider a kill -9 an intentional shutdown. ???

Huh? If you zap the postmaster with kill -9, the last checkpoint record
in the WAL log will not have the shutdown bit set.

regards, tom lane

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