Re: How to shoot yourself in the foot: kill -9 postmaster

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: How to shoot yourself in the foot: kill -9 postmaster
Date: 2001-03-06 02:14:16
Message-ID: 200103060214.VAA19141@candle.pha.pa.us
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> if [ "$notset" = "1" ] ; then
> if ps h $pid>/dev/null 2>&1; then
> # TERM first, then KILL if not dead
> kill -TERM $pid
> usleep 100000
> if ps h $pid >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
> sleep 1
> if ps h $pid >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
> sleep 3
> if ps h $pid >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
> kill -KILL $pid
> fi
> fi
> fi
> fi

Yes, this seems like the proper way to do it.

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