<systemitem>SIGHUP</systemitem><indexterm><primary>SIGHUP</primary></indexterm>
signal. If you edit the file on an
active system, you will need to signal the postmaster
- (using <literal>pg_ctl reload</literal> or <literal>kill -HUP</literal>) to make it
- re-read the file.
+ (using <literal>pg_ctl reload</literal>, calling the SQL function
+ <function>pg_reload_conf()</function>, or using <literal>kill
+ -HUP</literal>) to make it re-read the file.
</para>
<note>
<systemitem>SIGHUP</systemitem><indexterm><primary>SIGHUP</primary></indexterm>
signal. If you edit the file on an
active system, you will need to signal the postmaster
- (using <literal>pg_ctl reload</literal> or <literal>kill -HUP</literal>) to make it
- re-read the file.
+ (using <literal>pg_ctl reload</literal>, calling the SQL function
+ <function>pg_reload_conf()</function>, or using <literal>kill
+ -HUP</literal>) to make it re-read the file.
</para>
<para>