On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 06:48:36AM -0400, George Neuner wrote: > Windows informs all processes that it is shutting down (or entering > sleep, or waking up, etc.), but the notifications take different forms > depending on whether the process is a service or a normal application. > Services receive commands from the service manager, whereas > applications receive environment control messages sent to their main > window. > > pg_ctl is a command-line program that can run as a service. But since > it creates no window, when run as an application it cannot receive any > environment messages. Would it make sense to have pg_ctl create a non-visible window when run as an application in order to receive environment control messages ? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2122506/how-to-create-a-hidden-window-in-c Just wondering, Karsten -- GPG key ID E4071346 @ eu.pool.sks-keyservers.net E167 67FD A291 2BEA 73BD 4537 78B9 A9F9 E407 1346 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general