Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:27:17 -0500 From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> To: White Hat <pigskin_referee@yahoo.com>, FreeBSD Users Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Meaning of: kill -USR2 Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20070831122630.0266d860@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <380497.82982.qm@web34407.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <380497.82982.qm@web34407.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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At 12:24 PM 8/31/2007, White Hat wrote:
>I have seen 'kill -USR2' used in some scripts;
>however, I am unable to find out exactly what it is
>referring to. The man page for 'kill' does not list
>any 'USR2' flag or signal, unless I am reading it
>incorrectly.
>
>Perhaps, someone can tell me exactly what this signal
>means.
>
>Thanks!
>
>--
>White Hat
>pigskin_referee@yahoo.com
Do a man on signal instead.
The argument passed is the signal to send.
-Derek
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