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Document the difference between rec_control quit and quit-nicely.
authorOtto Moerbeek <otto.moerbeek@open-xchange.com>
Tue, 28 Jan 2020 14:33:38 +0000 (15:33 +0100)
committerOtto Moerbeek <otto.moerbeek@open-xchange.com>
Tue, 28 Jan 2020 14:33:38 +0000 (15:33 +0100)
Fixes #2267

pdns/recursordist/docs/manpages/rec_control.1.rst

index f196dab158b41bf734a896487e6ba08332ca0395..7bf07ff8ac7e7980d416d161ef9faa127a8cbe2f 100644 (file)
@@ -196,10 +196,13 @@ ping
     Check if server is alive.
 
 quit
-    Request shutdown of the recursor.
+    Request shutdown of the recursor, exiting the process while
+    letting the OS clean up recources.
 
 quit-nicely
-    Request nice shutdown of the recursor.
+    Request nice shutdown of the recursor. This method allows all
+    threads to finish their current work and releases resources before
+    exiting. This is the preferred method to stop the recursor.
 
 reload-acls
     Reloads ACLs.