Changeset: f7222e6db7ec for MonetDB URL: https://dev.monetdb.org/hg/MonetDB?cmd=changeset;node=f7222e6db7ec Modified Files: tools/merovingian/client/monetdb.1 Branch: default Log Message:
Rephrase SIGKILL some more diffs (20 lines): diff --git a/tools/merovingian/client/monetdb.1 b/tools/merovingian/client/monetdb.1 --- a/tools/merovingian/client/monetdb.1 +++ b/tools/merovingian/client/monetdb.1 @@ -252,12 +252,12 @@ Starts, stops or kills the given databas .B \-a is supplied, all known databases. The .B kill -command immediately sends a SIGKILL and should only be used as last -resort for a database that doesn't respond any more. Killing a database -may result in (partial) data loss. +command immediately terminates the database by sending the SIGKILL signal. +Any data that hasn't been committed will be lost. This command should +only be used as last resort for a database that doesn't respond any more. It is more common to use the .B stop -command to stop a database. It will first attempt to stop the database, +command to stop a database. This will first attempt to stop the database, waiting for .B exittimeout seconds and if that fails, kill the database. _______________________________________________ checkin-list mailing list checkin-list@monetdb.org https://www.monetdb.org/mailman/listinfo/checkin-list
