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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!uuneo!sugar!peter From: peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva) Subject: Re: SIGKILL and kill Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900 Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 01:38:20 GMT Message-ID: <C5t8Jx.EH7@sugar.neosoft.com> Keywords: SIGNALS SECURITY References: <9304171535.ab08751@gate.demon.co.uk> <C5nsF8.35H@sugar.neosoft.com> <9304200033.af09432@gate.demon.co.uk> Lines: 17 In article <9304200033.af09432@gate.demon.co.uk> damian@centrix.demon.co.uk (damian) writes: > all SIGTERM should mean "Please *you* die, and cleanup" (as opposed to the > SIGKILL's "Die sucker! Now!" :-)). That's what "kill 0" is for. "Please clean up and exit". It's the "everyone out of the pool" call. > Still I suppose I can't think of a better signal that sh could use for the > kill 0. Actually, it's not the shell. "kill" in most non-BSD and all pre 4.2 systems is a standalone. -- Peter da Silva. <peter@sugar.neosoft.com>. `-_-' Oletko halannut suttasi tänään? 'U` Tarjoilija, tämä ateria elää vielä.