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<command>pg_ctl</command>
<arg choice="plain">status</arg>
<arg>-D <replaceable>datadir</replaceable></arg>
+ <sbr>
+ <command>pg_ctl</command>
+ <arg choice="plain">kill</arg>
+ <arg><replaceable>signal_name</replaceable></arg>
+ <arg><replaceable>process_id</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
and the command line options that were used to invoke it are
displayed.
</para>
+
+ <para>
+ <option>kill</option> mode allows you to send a signal to a specified
+ process. This is particularly valuable for <productname>MS Windows</>
+ which does not have a <application>kill</> command.
+ </para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="app-pg-ctl-options">