Re: Meaning of: kill -USR2

2007-08-31 Thread Jona Joachim
On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:24:47 -0700 (PDT) White Hat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > incorrect

Meaning of: kill -USR2

2007-08-31 Thread White Hat
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

Re: Meaning of: kill -USR2

2007-08-31 Thread Wojciech Puchar
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. because it's user defined signal number 2 - the program taking it does what it want

Re: Meaning of: kill -USR2

2007-08-31 Thread Bill Moran
In response to White Hat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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 te

Re: Meaning of: kill -USR2

2007-08-31 Thread 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