pg_ctl needs a SIGHUP option

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: pg_ctl needs a SIGHUP option
Date: 2001-09-21 16:49:36
Message-ID: 4234.1001090976@sss.pgh.pa.us
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When modifying postgresql.conf (or, now, pg_hba.conf) one must send a
SIGHUP to the postmaster to get it to pay attention. Seems like it'd
be nice if pg_ctl had an option to do that, rather than having to muck
about with looking in ps output. Any objections? What should the
option be called? "pg_ctl hup" is short but maybe too Unix-sysadminy;
perhaps something like "pg_ctl reconfig"?

regards, tom lane

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