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author | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2003-06-23 04:55:48 +0000 |
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committer | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2003-06-23 04:55:48 +0000 |
commit | fd8b5a75b968805b16716e0e8b4f435c6a4b87e3 (patch) | |
tree | 7768dbda647482b6c1b56af3a1f2c495cf030515 /bin/kill | |
parent | f31e7c6390ee02ba0d93618bca1f08a4f744b2eb (diff) |
- kill exists as a built-in to most shells, not just csh
- .Xr sh 1
ok millert@
Diffstat (limited to 'bin/kill')
-rw-r--r-- | bin/kill/kill.1 | 17 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/bin/kill/kill.1 b/bin/kill/kill.1 index 89d4657e799..64c29f3d308 100644 --- a/bin/kill/kill.1 +++ b/bin/kill/kill.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: kill.1,v 1.23 2003/06/02 23:32:08 millert Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: kill.1,v 1.24 2003/06/23 04:55:47 jmc Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: kill.1,v 1.8 1995/09/07 06:30:26 jtc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993 @@ -120,23 +120,19 @@ ALRM (alarm clock) TERM (software termination signal) .El .Pp -A signal number of 0 (kill -0 pid) checks the validity of a -certain pid, to see if it exists. +A signal number of 0 (kill \-0 pid) checks the validity of a +certain PID, to see if it exists. An exit code of 0 means that the specified process exists. .Pp The .Nm -utility is built-in to -.Xr csh 1 ; -it allows job specifiers of the form +utility exists as a built-in to most shells; +they allow job specifiers of the form .Dq %... -as arguments +as arguments, so process IDs are not as often used as .Nm arguments. -See -.Xr csh 1 -for details. .Sh EXAMPLES .Li $ kill -9 1234 .Pp @@ -152,6 +148,7 @@ daemon the hangup signal, instructing it to re-read its configuration from .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr csh 1 , .Xr ps 1 , +.Xr sh 1 , .Xr kill 2 , .Xr sigaction 2 .Sh STANDARDS |