Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Tom Lane wrote: >> At least on my machine there doesn't seem to be a defined way to >> generate SIGTERM from the terminal; so I can see where if someone hasn't >> read the postgres man page carefully, their first instinct upon finding >> that control-C doesn't get them out of single-user mode might be to type >> control-\ (or whatever the local QUIT character is). It doesn't seem >> like it should be quite that easy to force a panic stop.
> That seems reasonable, but I know an awful lot of people that don't know > how to generate SIGQUIT at all (I only learned about it about a year > ago, I think). In fact anyone who doesn't already know that Ctrl-D > closes the session is not very likely to know about Ctrl-\. Sure, but those who do know how to SIGQUIT might reach for that before they reach for control-D. There's hardly anyone out there who could be called an experienced user of the standalone mode, I think, and so we shouldn't assume that users always know control-D is the way out. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq