MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 1

kill(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities kill(1)
NAME
kill — terminate process
SYNOPSIS
kill –l [exit_status]
kill [–s signal_name][pid...] [job-identifier...]
kill [–signal_name][pid...] [job-identifier...]
kill [–signal_number][pid...] [job-identifier...]
DESCRIPTION
kill terminates a process by sending it a signal. The default signal is SIGTERM.
Options
kill accepts the following options:
–l displays the names of all supported signals. If you specify exit_status, and it is the
exit code of a terminated process, kill displays the terminating signal of that pro-
cess.
–s signal_name
sends the signal signal_name to the process instead of the SIGTERM signal.
–signal_name
is an obsolete equivalent of–s signal_name.
–signal_number
is an obsolete method of specifying a positive integer which represents the signal to
be used (instead of SIGTERM) as the sig argument in the effective call to kill. The
relationship between signal_number and the portable signal_name is shown in Table
1-5, Integer Values of Signals.
signal_number signal_name
0 0
1 SIGHUP
2 SIGINT
3 SIGQUIT
6 SIGABRT
9 SIGKILL
14 SIGALRM
15 SIGTERM
Table 1-5: Integer Values of Signals
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