signals              package:multicore              R Documentation

_S_i_g_n_a_l _c_o_n_s_t_a_n_t_s (_s_u_b_s_e_t)

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     'SIGALRM' alarm clock

     'SIGCHLD' to parent on child stop or exit

     'SIGHUP' hangup

     'SIGINFO' information request

     'SIGINT' interrupt

     'SIGKILL' kill (cannot be caught or ignored)

     'SIGQUIT' quit

     'SIGSTOP' sendable stop signal not from tty

     'SIGTERM' software termination signal from kill

     'SIGUSR1' user defined signal 1

     'SIGUSR2' user defined signal 2

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     See 'man signal' in your OS for details. The above codes can be
     used in conjunction with the 'kill' function to send signals to
     processes.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Simon Urbanek

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'kill'

