14.10.2025 23:49:21 David Barsky <me@davidbarsky.com>:
> 1. If that script is cancelled or interrupted for any reason, it’s possible that
> `pg_ctl stop` won't be called and I'd have a leaked process.
As others stated, some shells have the trapping functionality.
> I could mitigate
> this by calling `pg_ctl stop` at the *start* of the script, but that adds a
> bit of latency I'd prefer to avoid.
I wonder what the reason is to avoid that latency in the script. Spinning down the DB will take time anyway.
Would it be possible to make a procedure run at the start of the DB, like a daemon, checking for the last connection to
quitif there has been one, and to shutdown the DB in an ordered manner?
Just my two Rappen
