The manual section on the postmaster process has some info: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/app-postgres.html
__________________________________________________________________________________ *Mike Blackwell | Technical Analyst, Distribution Services/Rollout Management | RR Donnelley* 1750 Wallace Ave | St Charles, IL 60174-3401 Office: 630.313.7818 mike.blackw...@rrd.com http://www.rrdonnelley.com <http://www.rrdonnelley.com/> * <mike.blackw...@rrd.com>* On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 16:02, Gauthier, Dave <dave.gauth...@intel.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 !**** >
