Re: SIGNALNAME in "pg_ctl kill"

From: Mike Blackwell <mike(dot)blackwell(at)rrd(dot)com>
To: "Gauthier, Dave" <dave(dot)gauthier(at)intel(dot)com>, pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: SIGNALNAME in "pg_ctl kill"
Date: 2011-11-09 22:18:52
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The manual section on the postmaster process has some info:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/app-postgres.html

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On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 16:02, Gauthier, Dave <dave(dot)gauthier(at)intel(dot)com>wrote:

> pg_ctl --help lists the various SIGNALNAME options to use with "pg_ctk
> kill"...****
>
> ** **
>
> Allowed signal names for kill:****
>
> HUP INT QUIT ABRT TERM USR1 USR2****
>
> ** **
>
> I can't find a description of what each does. I'd like to abort just the
> procpid I enter, but using ABRT has a tendancy to kill lots of other stuff
> too.****
>
> ** **
>
> Thanks for any insights !****
>

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