Re: signals?? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Joseph Shraibman
Subject Re: signals??
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Msg-id 3DAF2F96.8070509@selectacast.net
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In response to signals??  (Joseph Shraibman <jks@selectacast.net>)
List pgsql-general
Tom Lane wrote:
> Joseph Shraibman <jks@selectacast.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

I can't figure out which sgml file builds app-postgres.html file.


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