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Diffstat (limited to 'Doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/Zsh/params.yo | 5 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo b/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo index 784089594..6318053d8 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo @@ -1144,7 +1144,8 @@ cindex(killing jobs) cindex(jobs, killing) xitem(tt(kill) [ tt(-s) var(signal_name) | tt(-n) var(signal_number) | \ tt(-)var(sig) ] [ tt(-q) var(value) ] var(job) ...) -item(tt(kill) tt(-l) [ var(sig) ... ])( +xitem(tt(kill) tt(-l) [ var(sig) ... ]) +item(tt(kill) tt(-L))( Sends either tt(SIGTERM) or the specified signal to the given jobs or processes. Signals are given by number or by names, with or without the `tt(SIG)' @@ -1158,7 +1159,8 @@ specified the signal names are listed. Otherwise, for each var(sig) that is a name, the corresponding signal number is listed. For each var(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. +stopped by a signal the name of the signal is printed. The final +form with tt(-L) lists each signal name with its corresponding number. On some systems, alternative signal names are allowed for a few signals. Typical examples are tt(SIGCHLD) and tt(SIGCLD) or tt(SIGPOLL) and diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/params.yo b/Doc/Zsh/params.yo index a6fbe6723..8c5e67e70 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/params.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/params.yo @@ -953,7 +953,10 @@ has index 1, the signals are offset by 1 from the signal number used by the operating system. For example, on typical Unix-like systems tt(HUP) is signal number 1, but is referred to as tt($signals[2]). This is because of tt(EXIT) at position 1 in the array, which is used -internally by zsh but is not known to the operating system. +internally by zsh but is not known to the operating system. On many systems +there is a block of reserved or unused signal numbers before the POSIX +real-time signals so the array index can't be used as an accurate indicator +of their signal number. Use, for example, tt(kill -l SIGRTMIN) instead. ) vindex(TRY_BLOCK_ERROR) item(tt(TRY_BLOCK_ERROR) <S>)( |