Run your program using nohup. In general java programs don't get unix signals. > Nikk Anderson wrote: > > Hi, > > I am using the postgres jdbc which was compiled on Solaris as part of > the postgres 7.1 installation. > > I have a program which runs as a deamon, and connects to postgres for > data. As it is running as a deamon, we have included some signal > handling routines. We are trying to trap HUP (kill -1) signals, so > that the process will not exit when that signal is sent. > > If the program uses the jdbc driver, then the program can not catch > the HUP signal - however, if we do NOT use the jdbc at all, then we > can trap the signal and deal with it as we wish. > > Does the postgres driver catch the signals, thus overiding my attempts > to catch them? > > Any ideas > > Thanks > > Nikk Anderson -- Joseph Shraibman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Increase signal to noise ratio. http://www.targabot.com ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])