Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > Howard Cole wrote: > > > > > > >>>> Which you can do, no? I thought pg_ctl's kill option was invented > > > >>>> specifically to make this less painful on Windows. > > > > I shall look into the pg_ctl options to see if the kill option does > > > > what taskill cannot (thanks for the heads up on that) > > > > > > > Using > > > $ pg_ctl kill TERM [pid] > > > worked great. Since very few people seem to know about this, could I > > > suggest making it more prominent in the server administration pages. > > > > Agreed. I have added the second sentence to our 8.3 beta docs: > > > > Alternatively, you can send the signal directly using <command>kill</> > > (or <command>pg_ctl kill TERM [process id]</> on <productname>Windows</>). > > > > You can actually use pg_ctl kill on Unix too but it seems awkward to > > suggest it in the existing sentence. > > Huh, why is it awkward? > > Alternatively, you can send the signal directly using <command>kill</> > (or <command>pg_ctl kill TERM [process id]</>). I think we should mention Windows in there somewhere, because it isn't "alternatively" on Windows. -- Bruce Momjian <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://postgres.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
