signal - raises a signal in the current process
USAGE
signal [<code>]
DESCRIPTION
This raises a signal in the current process. With no arguments it
prints a list of useful signals. Otherwise, the first argument can be
the name of a signal or the numerical value, which range from 1-31 on
most machines.
Recognized signal names are:
- INT
- interrupts ongoing work or does a soft quit, the same as
Ctrl-C.
- USR1
- runs the sigUSR1Proc
- USR2
- runs the sigUSR1Proc
- QUIT, KILL, ABRT, ALRM, TERM
-
at the moment these all kill the process, but some could be used for
other purposes in the future.
EXAMPLES
To send a soft interrupt signal:
lens> signal INT
or
lens> signal 2
Last modified: Mon Oct 26 18:20:42 EST 1998