Re: problems with postmaster

On Fri, Nov 24, 2000 at 12:34:29PM -0600, Mike Castle allegedly wrote:
> ipcclean
> pg_ctl stop
> 
> Though finding out about ipcclean was not easy considering the output
> given.  There is no mention of it in any of the FAQs.
> 
> mrc

You could also use ipcrm manually to clean up the shm segments postgresql
left lying around. Moral of the story: DON'T USE A SIGKILL TO STOP
POSTGRESQL.

Of course, there are times when you need to be somewhat crude.

Mathijs
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