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Diffstat (limited to 'bin/kill/kill.1')
-rw-r--r-- | bin/kill/kill.1 | 17 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/bin/kill/kill.1 b/bin/kill/kill.1 index cd4fe72e931..93d7b74d46a 100644 --- a/bin/kill/kill.1 +++ b/bin/kill/kill.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: kill.1,v 1.30 2007/08/06 19:16:05 sobrado Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: kill.1,v 1.31 2007/11/01 16:09:31 jmc Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: kill.1,v 1.8 1995/09/07 06:30:26 jtc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993 @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ .\" .\" @(#)kill.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/28/95 .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: August 6 2007 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: November 1 2007 $ .Dt KILL 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -68,9 +68,18 @@ Only the superuser may send signals to other users' processes. The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl l Op Ar exit_status -If no operand is given, list the signal names; otherwise, write -the signal name corresponding to +Display the name of the signal corresponding to .Ar exit_status . +.Ar exit_status +may be the exit status of a command killed by a signal +(see the +special +.Xr sh 1 +parameter +.Sq ?\& ) +or a signal number. +.Pp +If no operand is given, display the names of all the signals. .It Fl s Ar signal_name A symbolic signal name specifying the signal to be sent instead of the default |