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authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2002-10-23 23:33:08 +0000
committerBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2002-10-23 23:33:08 +0000
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Add mention of postgres signals to reference page
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-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/postgres-ref.sgml,v 1.28 2002/10/11 23:03:48 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/postgres-ref.sgml,v 1.29 2002/10/23 23:33:08 momjian Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
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@@ -372,6 +372,21 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
+ <title>Notes</title>
+
+ <para>
+ To stop a running query use the <literal>SIGINT</literal> signal. To
+ tell <application>postgres</application> to reread the config file,
+ use a <literal>SIGHUP</literal> signal. The
+ <application>postmaster</application> uses <literal>SIGTERM</literal>
+ to tell a postgres process to quit normally and
+ <literal>SIGQUIT</literal> to terminate without the normal cleanup.
+ These <emphasis>should not</emphasis> be used by users.
+ </para>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
<title>Usage</title>
<para>