[PLUG] Shell command needs an explanation

Matt Alexander lug at phxlinux.org
Sun Aug 8 16:08:02 UTC 2004


On Sun, 8 Aug 2004, Rich Shepard wrote:

> On Sun, 8 Aug 2004, Matt Alexander wrote:
>
> > /var/run/thttpd.pid contains the process ID for thttpd.  So we cat
> > that file in a subshell and get the PID.  Then we kill it.
>
> Matt,
>
>   Thanks. Where do I find the meaning of the USR1 option to kill? The man
> page doesn't have it.

man 7 signal






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