Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 10:03:49 -0400 From: Allan Fields <bsd@afields.ca> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Cc: freebsd-docs@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/82779: ddb(4) manpage: kill Message-ID: <20050629140349.GB19408@afields.ca> Resent-Message-ID: <200506291410.j5TEALW4051511@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 82779
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: Kill entry for ddb manpage
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
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>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Wed Jun 29 14:10:21 GMT 2005
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>Originator: Allan Fields
>Release: FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
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>Description:
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>How-To-Repeat:
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>Fix:
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Kill entry for ddb(4) manpage.
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@@ -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
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