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I"QSends the given signal to the specified process id(s) if _pid_ is positive. ;FI"PIf _pid_ is zero _signal_ is sent to all processes whose group ID is equal ;FI"Qto the group ID of the process. _signal_ may be an integer signal number or ;FI"Qa POSIX signal name (either with or without a +SIG+ prefix). If _signal_ is ;FI"Mnegative (or starts with a minus sign), kills process groups instead of ;FI"@processes. Not all signals are available on all platforms. ;FI"NThe keys and values of +Signal.list+ are known signal names and numbers, ;FI"respectively.;Fo: RDoc::Markup::BlankLine o:RDoc::Markup::Verbatim; [ I"pid = fork do
;TI"2 Signal.trap("HUP") { puts "Ouch!"; exit }
;TI" # ... do some work ...
;TI" end
;TI" # ...
;TI" Process.kill("HUP", pid)
;TI"Process.wait
;T: @format0o;
; [I"produces:;F@o; ; [I" Ouch!
;T;
0o;
; [ I"5If _signal_ is an integer but wrong for signal, ;FI"@Errno::EINVAL or +RangeError+ will be raised. ;FI"HOtherwise unless _signal_ is a +String+ or a +Symbol+, and a known ;FI"1signal name, +ArgumentError+ will be raised.;F@o;
; [ I"HAlso, Errno::ESRCH or +RangeError+ for invalid _pid_, ;FI"DErrno::EPERM when failed because of no privilege, ;FI"Dwill be raised. In these cases, signals may have been sent to ;FI"preceding processes.;F:
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