Linux Signals

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Signals

SIGHUP (1)

POSIX signal. Hangup.

Hangup is the signal that is sent to the process when the terminal closes on a foreground process.

SIGINT (2)

Sends the process an interrupt. Guaranteed to be present on all systems.

SIGKILL (9)

POSIX. Kill the process. The signal cannot be caught or ignored. Guaranteed to be present on all systems.

SIGCONT (18)

POSIX. Continue executing, if stopped.

Also see:

Suspending JVM Execution

SIGSTOP (19)

POSIX. Stop executing. The signal cannot be caught or ignored.

Also see:

Suspending JVM Execution

Signals in Go

Signals in Go