Author: Craig Small Description: Fix kill.1 manual page Changed may to cannot or might Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/375739 Index: b/kill.1 =================================================================== --- a/kill.1 2009-11-24 20:53:04.000000000 +1100 +++ b/kill.1 2009-11-24 21:00:37.000000000 +1100 @@ -10,23 +10,18 @@ kill \- send a signal to a process .SH SYNOPSIS -.TS -l l. -kill pid ... Send SIGTERM to every process listed. -kill -signal pid ... Send a signal to every process listed. -kill -s signal pid ... Send a signal to every process listed. -kill -l List all signal names. -kill -L List all signal names in a nice table. -kill -l signal Convert a signal number into a name. -kill -V,--version Show version of program -.TE +\fBkill\fR [ \-\fBsignal\fR | \-s \fBsignal\fR ] \fBpid\fR ... +.br +\fBkill\fR [ \-L | -V, \-\-version ] +.br +\fBkill\fR \-l [ \fBsignal\fR ] .SH DESCRIPTION -The default signal for kill is TERM. Use -l or -L to list available signals. +The default signal for kill is TERM. Use \-l or \-L to list available signals. Particularly useful signals include HUP, INT, KILL, STOP, CONT, and 0. -Alternate signals may be specified in three ways: -9 -SIGKILL -KILL. +Alternate signals may be specified in three ways: \-9 \-SIGKILL \-KILL. Negative PID values may be used to choose whole process groups; see the -PGID column in ps command output. A PID of -1 is special; it indicates +PGID column in ps command output. A PID of \-1 is special; it indicates all processes except the kill process itself and init. .SH SIGNALS @@ -37,12 +32,11 @@ lB rB lB lB lfCW r l l. Name Num Action Description -.TH 0 0 n/a exit code indicates if a signal may be sent ALRM 14 exit HUP 1 exit INT 2 exit -KILL 9 exit this signal may not be blocked +KILL 9 exit cannot be blocked PIPE 13 exit POLL exit PROF exit @@ -50,15 +44,15 @@ USR1 exit USR2 exit VTALRM exit -STKFLT exit may not be implemented -PWR ignore may exit on some systems +STKFLT exit might not be implemented +PWR ignore might exit on some systems WINCH ignore CHLD ignore URG ignore -TSTP stop may interact with the shell -TTIN stop may interact with the shell -TTOU stop may interact with the shell -STOP stop this signal may not be blocked +TSTP stop might interact with the shell +TTIN stop might interact with the shell +TTOU stop might interact with the shell +STOP stop cannot be blocked CONT restart continue if stopped, otherwise ignore ABRT 6 core FPE 8 core @@ -66,11 +60,11 @@ QUIT 3 core SEGV 11 core TRAP 5 core -SYS core may not be implemented -EMT core may not be implemented -BUS core core dump may fail -XCPU core core dump may fail -XFSZ core core dump may fail +SYS core might not be implemented +EMT core might not be implemented +BUS core core dump might fail +XCPU core core dump might fail +XFSZ core core dump might fail .TE .SH NOTES @@ -79,36 +73,30 @@ the conflict. .SH EXAMPLES - -.SS -.B "kill -9 -1" -.nf +.TP +.B kill \-9 \-1 Kill all processes you can kill. -.fi -.PP -.SS -.B "kill -l 11" -.nf +.TP +.B kill \-l 11 Translate number 11 into a signal name. -.fi -.PP -.SS -.B "kill -L" -.nf +.TP +.B kill -L List the available signal choices in a nice table. -.fi -.PP -.SS -.B "kill 123 543 2341 3453" -.nf +.TP +.B kill 123 543 2341 3453 Send the default signal, SIGTERM, to all those processes. -.fi -.PP + .SH "SEE ALSO" -pkill(1) skill(1) kill(2) renice(1) nice(1) signal(7) killall(1) +.BR pkill (1), +.BR skill (1), +.BR kill (2), +.BR renice (1), +.BR nice (1), +.BR signal (7), +.BR killall (1). .SH STANDARDS -This command meets appropriate standards. The -L flag is Linux-specific. +This command meets appropriate standards. The \-L flag is Linux-specific. .SH AUTHOR Albert Cahalan wrote kill in 1999 to replace a