>'kill -9' PID will force all backends to flush cache for no good reason.
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>Note that on most unixes, a plain kill PID will send the term signal,
>which tells the process to poltely shutdown and release resources. kill
>-9 is like using a sledge hammer to swat a fly for this.
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;-) Yes, you are on the right. "kill -9", is the last try, but often you
have to do "kill -9" for killing a procces, even sometimes, 'kill -9'
does not work (often when the process is acceding to a hardware device -
a CD for example -).