Re: why not kill -9 postmaster

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On 10/20/06 05:27, Andreas Seltenreich wrote:
> Harpreet Dhaliwal writes:
>
>> Its always said that don't kill -9 postmaster.
>> Whats the reason not to do it. Why is it so strictly prohibited?
>
> ,----[ <http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/postmaster-shutdown.html#AEN18182> ]
> | It is best not to use SIGKILL to shut down the server. Doing so will
> | prevent the server from releasing shared memory and semaphores,
> | which may then have to be done manually before a new server can be
> | started. Furthermore, SIGKILL kills the postmaster process without
> | letting it relay the signal to its subprocesses, so it will be
> | necessary to kill the individual subprocesses by hand as well.
> `----

But it can't be fatal, can it? After all, that's what a system
crash is, right?

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA

Is "common sense" really valid?
For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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