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diff --git a/Doc/help/kill b/Doc/help/kill new file mode 100644 index 000000000..9112ffefe --- /dev/null +++ b/Doc/help/kill @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +kill [ -s signal_name | -n signal_number | -sig ] job ... +kill -l [ sig ... ] + Sends either SIGTERM or the specified signal to the given jobs + or processes. Signals are given by number or by names, with or + without the `SIG' prefix. If the signal being sent is not + `KILL' or `CONT', then the job will be sent a `CONT' signal if + it is stopped. The argument job can be the process ID of a job + not in the job list. In the second form, kill -l, if sig is not + specified the signal names are listed. Otherwise, for each sig + that is a name, the corresponding signal number is listed. For + each sig that is a signal number or a number representing the + exit status of a process which was terminated or stopped by a + signal the name of the signal is printed. + + On some systems, alternative signal names are allowed for a few + signals. Typical examples are SIGCHLD and SIGCLD or SIGPOLL and + SIGIO, assuming they correspond to the same signal number. kill + -l will only list the preferred form, however kill -l alt will + show if the alternative form corresponds to a signal number. + For example, under Linux kill -l IO and kill -l POLL both output + 29, hence kill -IO and kill -POLL have the same effect. + + Many systems will allow process IDs to be negative to kill a + process group or zero to kill the current process group. |