(SIG_DFL). There are two signals which cannot be intercepted and handled: SIGKILL and SIGSTOP. Signal handling is vulnerable to race conditions. As signals...

which users are generally most interested are SIGTERM ("terminate") and SIGKILL ("kill"). The default signal sent is SIGTERM. Programs that handle this...

or SIG_IGN. Signal handlers can be specified for all but two signals (SIGKILL and SIGSTOP cannot be caught, blocked or ignored). If the signal reports...

the kernel will either just log the event or terminate the process with SIGKILL or SIGSYS. In this sense, it does not virtualize the system's resources...

not bound to a command should also perform this action h d h h Send the SIGKILL signal to all processes except init (PID 1) i c i u Forcibly "just thaw...

instructions in an instruction pipeline). In some cases other signals such as SIGKILL can work, as they do not require the process to be responsive, while in...

abnormally due to a fatal exception or signal (e.g., SIGTERM, SIGINT, SIGKILL), an exit status is returned to the operating system and a SIGCHLD signal...

however, if the intent is to rid the system of the processes the signals SIGKILL and SIGTERM (the default) are probably the most applicable. C shell Here...

among others: -k, --kill Kill all processes accessing a file by sending a SIGKILL. Use e.g. -HUP or -1 to send a different signal. -l, --list-signals List...

pointer to the signal handling routine. Some predefined signals (such as SIGKILL) have locked behavior that is handled by the system and cannot be overridden...

uninterruptible sleep state of a process. Such processes cannot be killed even with SIGKILL and the only non-sophisticated way to get rid of them is to reboot the...