Meaning of: kill -USR2

[Derek Ragona]

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 at yahoo.com

Do a man on signal instead.

The argument passed is the signal to send.

         -Derek


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