What are the signals we have in Linux
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Answer / sharmila
"kill" command lists all the signals on linux
type "kill -l" at the shell to see the list
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Answer / manoj
Kill -15 (pid no.) terminate cleanly
Kill -9 (pid no.) terminate immediately
kill –a (Pid no.) re-read config. File
kill -all
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Answer / b.ramkumar
There are more that 15 different signal. Listing some of
the frequently used signals below
STOP - This signal will stop the currently running process.
The process will still stay in the task list
CONT - Will continue the stopped process
TERM - This singal will terminate the process
HUP - Will restart currently running process
NOHUP - Will reload the process (in the sense, only reads
the config file and bring the new changes to effect without
restarting...)
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