BOSSKILL(8) System Manager's Manual BOSSKILL(8)NAME
bosskill - send a signal to your boss, or terminate your boss
SYNOPSIS
bosskill [ -signal ] <bossname>
DESCRIPTION
bosskill sends the TERM (terminate, 15) signal to the boss with the specified bossname. If a signal name or number preceded by `-' is
given as the first argument, that signal is sent instead of terminate. The killed boss must be in the system administrator's supervisory
chain.
The following is a list of all signals with names as in the include file <signal.h>:
SIGHUP 1 hangup. Forces bossname to re-read his/her job description and figure out that he/she knows squat about sysadmin work or
life, in general.
SIGINT 2 interrupt. Prevents the bossname from interrupting the sysadmin for one hour.
SIGQUIT 3 quit. Causes the boss to quit his/her job with no explanation.
SIGILL 4 illegal instruction. Makes the boss believe the last instruction he/she gave was illegal, so he/she withdraws it.
SIGTRAP 5 trace trap. Display the exact location of the boss.
SIGABRT 6 abort. Makes the boss go home and try again tomorrow.
SIGKILL 9 kill. Game over.
SIGBUS 10 bus error. Boss's transportation fails on the way to work.
SIGSEGV 11 segmentation violation. Boss realizes he/she is trying to do something for which he/she is not quailified and stops.
SIGSYS 12 bad argument. Boss loses.
SIGPIPE 13 smoke pipe. Boss samples some green leafy substance and mellows out.
SIGALRM 14 alarm. Boss is startled and falls over. Best used when boss is walking next to his/her boss.
SIGTERM 15 termination signal. Boss is fired.
BUGS
Sending a SIGABRT to a boss that is already home will cause him/her to walk aimlessly in circles for two hours.
HISTORY
Written by Eric L. Pederson <eric@bofh.org.uk>.
27 September 1995 BOSSKILL(8)
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pthread_kill(3) Library Functions Manual pthread_kill(3)NAME
pthread_kill - Delivers a signal to a specified thread. (This routine is available only on a UNIX system.)
LIBRARY
DECthreads POSIX 1003.1c Library (libpthread.so)
SYNOPSIS
#include <pthread.h> #include <signal.h>
int pthread_kill(
pthread_t thread,
int sig);
STANDARDS
Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows:
IEEE Std 1003.1c-1995, POSIX System Application Program Interface
PARAMETERS
Thread to receive a signal request. A signal request.
DESCRIPTION
This routine sends a signal to the specified target thread thread. Any signal defined to stop, continue, or terminate will stop or termi-
nate the process, even though it can be handled by the thread. For example, SIGTERM terminates all threads in the process, even though it
can be handled by the target thread.
Specifying a sig argument of zero (0) causes this routine to validate the thread argument but not to deliver any signal.
The name of the "kill" routine is sometimes misleading, because many signals do not terminate a thread.
The various signals are as follows: SIGHUP, SIGPIPE, SIGTTIN SIGINT, SIGALRM, SIGTTOU SIGQUIT, SIGTERM, SIGIO SIGTRAP, SIGUSR1, SIGXCPU
SIGABRT, SIGSYS, SIGXFSZ SIGEMT, SIGURG, SIGVTALRM SIGFPE, SIGSTOP, SIGPROF SIGKILL, SIGTSTP, SIGINFO SIGBUS, SIGCONT, SIGUSR1 SIGSEGV,
SIGCHLD, SIGUSR2
If this routine does not execute successfully, no signal is sent.
RETURN VALUES
If an error condition occurs, this routine returns an integer value indicating the type of error. Possible return values are as follows:
Successful completion. The value of sig is invalid or unsupported signal value. The value of thread does not specify an existing thread.
ERRORS
None
RELATED INFORMATION
Manuals: Guide to DECthreads and Programmer's Guide
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