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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/sys/kill.2')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/kill.2 | 16 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/kill.2 b/lib/libc/sys/kill.2 index 7cbe63d..b0a4fde 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/kill.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/kill.2 @@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ to .Fa pid , a process or a group of processes. -.Fa Sig +The +.Fa sig +argument may be one of the signals specified in .Xr sigaction 2 or it may be 0, in which case @@ -73,11 +75,15 @@ A single exception is the signal SIGCONT, which may always be sent to any descendant of the current process. .Bl -tag -width Ds .It \&If Fa pid No \&is greater than zero : -.Fa Sig +The +.Fa sig +signal is sent to the process whose ID is equal to .Fa pid . .It \&If Fa pid No \&is zero : -.Fa Sig +The +.Fa sig +signal is sent to all processes whose group ID is equal to the process group ID of the sender, and for which the process has permission; @@ -114,7 +120,9 @@ system call will fail and no signal will be sent if: .Bl -tag -width Er .It Bq Er EINVAL -.Fa Sig +The +.Fa sig +argument is not a valid signal number. .It Bq Er ESRCH No process can be found corresponding to that specified by |
