Re: ctrl+C

Tom Lane wrote:
 > Kathy Zhu <Kathy.Zhu@Sun.COM> writes:
 >
 >> After I do psql, if I hit ctrl+C, it will terminate postmaster.
 >
 >
 > It sounds like you've launched the postmaster from the same shell you
 >  are running psql in, and the shell thinks that the postmaster is
 > still part of the process group it should kill on control-C.
 >
 > You didn't say what OS this is, but you probably need one or both of:
 >
 >
 > * launch the postmaster from a different shell process (making a
 > script to launch it will fix this);
 >
 > * make sure postmaster's stdin, stdout, stderr are all redirected
 > away from the terminal.

On some OSs redirecting does not automatically detach from the control
terminal.


Jan

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