John Smith wrote:
> I can't get pg to shutdown or otherwise respond. I closed the cygwin
> console window and opened another (PG was working fine with the other
> window).
>
> $ pg_ctl status
> pg_ctl: postmaster is running (pid: 1656)
> Command line was:
> /usr/bin/postmaster
>
> $ pg_ctl stop -m immediate
> kill 1656: No such process
> waiting for postmaster to shut down........................
> ......... failed
> pg_ctl: postmaster does not shut down
Hi John,
As a thought, what happens if you try a slightly different syntax of:
$ pg_ctl -m immediate stop
?
Also, does it look like PostgreSQL might be being kept open by a
connection to it from an application or something not closing down?
Regards and best wishes,
Justin Clift
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