Re: signals??

From: Joseph Shraibman <jks(at)selectacast(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: signals??
Date: 2002-10-17 21:45:58
Message-ID: 3DAF2F96.8070509@selectacast.net
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Joseph Shraibman <jks(at)selectacast(dot)net> writes:
>
>>Looking at the Administrators guide (for 7.2.1) it does not list what signals a postgres
>>backend handles. I assume HUP makes it reread the config file, but what else is there?
>>Is there a way to cancel a currently running query by sending a
>>signal?
>
>
> Sure, SIGINT to a backend implements query-cancel.
>
> You are right that the postmaster and backend signal handlers are poorly
> documented --- the details are all there in the sources, but the SGML
> docs are pretty thin on the subject :-(. Care to dig around in the code
> and submit some doc improvements?
>
> regards, tom lane

I can't figure out which sgml file builds app-postgres.html file.

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