Re: Orphaned sql turbo processes.
Posted in 1994
Hugh Grierson — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)
In article <360t73$ej5@status> chrism@iconz.co.nz writes: >I remember getting a notice from informix - actually in the Turbo (3.xx) >days that warned that killing an active sqlturbo process could lead to >corruption in the db. Specifically the tbmode -z option which (i happen to >know) did a kill -15?? on the process. I'm also guilty of doing the same >thing and it was ok but I was always nervous afterwards. At least on our platform tbmode -z does a kill -16 (SIGUSR1). I can't see that doing kill -16 yourself could cause any more or less damage than a tbmode -z, dire warnings from others notwithstanding. -- Hugh Grierson hugh@fujitsu.co.nz 16C, rain