Re: pg_ctl needs a SIGHUP option

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_ctl needs a SIGHUP option
Date: 2001-09-21 18:07:42
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.30.0109211958540.680-100000@peter.localdomain
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Tom Lane writes:

> Any objections?

No. Definitely needed.

> What should the option be called? "pg_ctl hup" is short but maybe too
> Unix-sysadminy; perhaps something like "pg_ctl reconfig"?

If you accept the Linux Standards Base as a precedent for the other
options, it should be "reload". That will most easily map the the init.d
scripts.

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net http://funkturm.homeip.net/~peter

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