From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Joseph Shraibman <jks(at)selectacast(dot)net> |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: signals?? |
Date: | 2002-10-17 03:52:38 |
Message-ID: | 6098.1034826758@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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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
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