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                 |  | UGU: Unix Guru Universe - Unix Tip #4426- April 24, 2025
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 : Today's Tip Unix Tip #4426- April 24, 2025
 
 
KILL REALLY DOES NOT KILL 
kill is not really meant only
 to kill a process.  But main
 intention is to send a signal
 to process.And the process
 handles these signals to do
 various tasks.
 
 
 kill -INT 1234
 #where 1234 is the Process ID
 is really, this set an
 interrupt signal, Ctrl-C is an
 example of interupt signal given
 to shell.
 
 
 kill -HUP 1234
 #some UNIX daemons handle this,
 to do refreshing business.
 
 
 kill -KILL 1234
 This is the sure kill,which
 cannot be handled by any process.
 Also know as, kill -9 1234.
 
 Just, check the in the file
 /usr/include/sys/signal.h for all
 signals on the system.
 
 More about this can be found on
 kill and signal man pages.
 
 This tip generously supported by: dkotian1@rediffmail.com
 
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