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diff --git a/bin/kill/kill.1 b/bin/kill/kill.1 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..bffef49e2f98 --- /dev/null +++ b/bin/kill/kill.1 @@ -0,0 +1,120 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)kill.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93 +.\" +.Dd May 31, 1993 +.Dt KILL 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm kill +.Nd terminate or signal a process +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm kill +.Op Fl signal_name +.Ar pid +\&... +.Nm kill +.Op Fl signal_number +.Ar pid +\&... +.Nm kill +.Op Fl l +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The kill utility sends the +.Dv TERM +signal to the processes specified +by the pid operand(s). +.Pp +Only the super-user may send signals to other users' processes. +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl l +List the signal names. +.It Fl signal_name +A symbolic signal name specifying the signal to be sent instead of the +default +.Dv TERM . +The +.Fl l +option displays the signal names. +.It Fl signal_number +A non-negative decimal integer, specifying the signal to be sent instead +of the default +.Dv TERM . +.El +.Pp +Some of the more commonly used signals: +.Bd -ragged -offset indent -compact +.Bl -column XXX TERM +.It -1 -1 (super-user broadcast to all processes, or user broadcast +to user's processes) +.It 0 0 (sh(1) only, signals all members of process group) +.It 2 INT (interrupt) +.It 3 QUIT (quit) +.It 6 ABRT (abort) +.It 9 KILL (non-catchable, non-ignorable kill) +.It 14 ALRM (alarm clock) +.It 15 TERM (software termination signal) +.El +.Ed +.Pp +.Nm Kill +is a built-in to +.Xr csh 1 ; +it allows job specifiers of the form ``%...'' as arguments +so process id's are not as often used as +.Nm kill +arguments. +See +.Xr csh 1 +for details. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr csh 1 , +.Xr ps 1 , +.Xr kill 2 , +.Xr sigvec 2 +.Sh HISTORY +A +.Nm kill +command appeared in +.At v6 . +.Sh BUGS +A replacement for the command +.Dq Li kill 0 +for +.Xr csh 1 +users should be provided. |