Re: [tlug] UNIX signals

[Evan Monroig <evan.monroig@example.com>]

Jim <jep200404@example.com> writes:
> Jim wrote:
>> Evan Monroig <evan.monroig@example.com> wrote:
>> 
>> > ... a HUP signal certainly seems better for a production server !
>> 
>> Why? 
>
> It depends on how well you know the behavior of the daemon, 
> and how worried you are about preserving existing children and 
> connections. 
>
> If one is not concerned about preserving existing children and 
> connections, then restarting the daemon is a blunderbuss that 
> is more likely to restart everything. 
>
> If one _is_ concerned about preserving existing children and 
> connections, then sending a (HUP) signal, can be a more graceful 
> way of using a new configuration. It depends on how that daemon 
> is written. 

This is what I meant, but you certainly explained it better that I would
have !

Evan

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