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authorbde <bde@FreeBSD.org>2006-10-10 23:09:10 +0000
committerbde <bde@FreeBSD.org>2006-10-10 23:09:10 +0000
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Document the `kill' command.
Submitted by: Allan Fields <bsd@afields.ca> PR: 82779
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@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd October 9, 2006
+.Dd October 10, 2006
.Dt DDB 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -510,7 +510,6 @@ modifier will alter the display to show VM map
addresses for the process and not show other info.
.Pp
.It Ic show Cm registers Ns Op Li / Ns Cm u
-.It Ic registers Ns Op Li / Ns Cm u
Display the register set.
If the
.Cm u
@@ -523,12 +522,6 @@ The support of the
modifier depends on the machine.
If not supported, incorrect information will be displayed.
.Pp
-The
-.Ic registers
-alias is a hack to prevent mistyping
-.Ql r
-from resetting the system.
-.Pp
.It Ic show Cm geom Op Ar addr
If the
.Ar addr
@@ -570,6 +563,24 @@ Currently only available on the
i386
architecture.
.Pp
+.It Ic halt
+Halt the system.
+.Pp
+.It Ic kill Ar sig pid
+Send signal
+.Ar sig
+to process
+.Ar pid .
+The signal is acted on upon returning from the debugger.
+This command 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.
+Note that the arguments are reversed relative to
+.Xr kill 2 .
+.Pp
+.It Ic reboot
.It Ic reset
Hard reset the system.
.Pp
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