From 7dff5b8edd898146ffa4afc2df3f9d5c67e43f0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruce Momjian Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:00:24 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Document that pg_reload_conf() is also an easy way to reload the configuration file. --- doc/src/sgml/config.sgml | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml index 7727ea7f89c..59902ed86cc 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml @@ -116,9 +116,10 @@ include 'filename' SIGHUP The configuration file is reread whenever the main server process - receives a - SIGHUP signal (which is most easily sent by means - of pg_ctl reload). The main server process + receives a SIGHUP signal; this is most easily done by + running pg_ctl reload from the command-line or by calling + the SQL function pg_reload_conf()). The main + server process also propagates this signal to all currently running server processes so that existing sessions also get the new value. Alternatively, you can send the signal to a single server