Re: SIGNALNAME in "pg_ctl kill"

If you are trying to kill one specific connection/backend, I'd
recommend using the pg_terminate_backend(pid_goes_here) function.

Robert Treat
conjecture: xzilla.net
consulting: omniti.com

On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 5:18 PM, Mike Blackwell <mike(dot)blackwell(at)rrd(dot)com> wrote:
> The manual section on the postmaster process has some info:
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/app-postgres.html
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> On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 16:02, Gauthier, Dave <dave(dot)gauthier(at)intel(dot)com>
> wrote:
>>
>> pg_ctl --help lists the various SIGNALNAME options to use with "pg_ctk
>> kill"...
>>
>>
>>
>> Allowed signal names for kill:
>>
>>   HUP INT QUIT ABRT TERM USR1 USR2
>>
>>
>>
>> I can't find a description of what each does.  I'd like to abort just the
>> procpid I enter, but using ABRT has a tendancy to kill lots of other stuff
>> too.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks for any insights !
>