Sean Chittenden <sean(at)chittenden(dot)org> writes:
> Very very possible. I was sitting there at a psql prompt:
> \c datab(ctrl+key I brushed against, but didn't intentionally push)
> and next thing I knew I was back at a shell prompt, core dumped.
You sure you didn't send it a SIGQUIT with that ctrl-key combination?
This may just be the terminal driver doing what it's supposed to ...
regards, tom lane