Re: can't stop autovacuum by HUP'ing the server

Dave Cramer wrote:

> Well, I go the extra mile and kill any remaing autovac procs
>
> Here are the logs
>
> 2008-08-25 04:00:01 EDT [32276]  LOG:  autovacuum launcher shutting down
> 2008-08-25 04:00:01 EDT [20526]  LOG:  autovacuum launcher started

What did you SIGHUP, the launcher or postmaster?  You need the latter.
The launcher should exit automatically at that time.

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