Re: kill -9

Posted in 1994

Chris Davies — Tue, 26 Apr 1994 16:49:32 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

davidn@geis.geis.com wrote: : The kill -9 works on processes that are not in a critical section or not : holding a latch. You can find out by doing a "tbstat -us" and see if the But in general, it's much better to avoid doing a "kill -9" at all. Choose a nicer signal, eg kill {pid} or kill -1 {pid} These both give a process the opportunity to clean up. In sqlturbo's case, this also includes (well, should include) rolling back any active transaction and resetting critical latches. Chris -- VISIONWARE LTD, 57 Cardigan Lane, LEEDS LS4 2LE, England Tel +44 532 788858. Fax +44 532 304676. Email chrisd@visionware.co.uk -------- "Visionware: The home of DOS/SQL/UNIX/X/VMS integration" --------