From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 29 14:03:50 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-docs@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E07E616A41C; Wed, 29 Jun 2005 14:03:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from afields@afields.ca) Received: from afields.ca (afields.ca [216.194.67.132]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CD4B43D55; Wed, 29 Jun 2005 14:03:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from afields@afields.ca) Received: from afields.ca (localhost.afields.ca [127.0.0.1]) by afields.ca (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j5TE3ngd046509; Wed, 29 Jun 2005 10:03:49 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from afields@afields.ca) Received: (from afields@localhost) by afields.ca (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id j5TE3nCb046508; Wed, 29 Jun 2005 10:03:49 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from afields) Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 10:03:49 -0400 From: Allan Fields To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050629140349.GB19408@afields.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="bg08WKrSYDhXBjb5" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-send-pr-version: 3.113 Cc: freebsd-docs@freebsd.org Subject: ddb(4) manpage: kill X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Allan Fields List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 14:03:51 -0000 --bg08WKrSYDhXBjb5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline >Submitter-Id: current-users >Originator: Allan Fields >Organization: AFRSL >Confidential: no >Synopsis: Kill entry for ddb manpage >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Category: docs >Class: doc-bug >Release: FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT i386 >Environment: >Description: >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Kill entry for ddb(4) manpage. -- Allan Fields --bg08WKrSYDhXBjb5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="ddb.diff" --- ddb.4.orig Wed Jun 15 16:36:40 2005 +++ ddb.4 Wed Jun 15 18:04:00 2005 @@ -409,6 +409,20 @@ .Li m modifier will alter the display to show VM map addresses for the process and not show other info. +.It Xo Cm kill +.Ar sig Ns , Ns +.Ar pid +.Xc +Send a signal to a process. +Send signal +.Ar sig +to process +.Ar pid Ns +, which is acted upon returning from the debugger. +Can be used to kill a process causing resource contention in the case of a hung system. +See: +.Xr signal 3 +for a list of signals. .It Cm show registers Ns Op Cm /u Display the register set. If the --bg08WKrSYDhXBjb5--