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diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index c77ac7f..5c16361 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -6884,6 +6884,34 @@ fatal so it can carry out the purpose of the interrupt: to kill the program. program. You can tell @value{GDBN} in advance what to do for each kind of signal. +When specifying a signal by number, @value{GDBN} translates the number +to the target platform according to the corresponding signal name. +For example, @value{GDBN} always treats signal 1 as @code{SIGHUP}. +So, when specifying @samp{1} as a signal, @value{GDBN} will translate +this to the target's @code{SIGHUP}, whatever that might be. + +Numbers may only be used for signals 1 through 15. @value{GDBN} uses +this mapping: + +@multitable {Number} {SIGTERM} +@headitem Number @tab Name +@item 1 @tab SIGHUP +@item 2 @tab SIGINT +@item 3 @tab SIGQUIT +@item 4 @tab SIGILL +@item 5 @tab SIGTRAP +@item 6 @tab SIGABRT +@item 7 @tab SIGEMT +@item 8 @tab SIGFPE +@item 9 @tab SIGKILL +@item 10 @tab SIGBUS +@item 11 @tab SIGSEGV +@item 12 @tab SIGSYS +@item 13 @tab SIGPIPE +@item 14 @tab SIGALRM +@item 15 @tab SIGTERM +@end multitable + @cindex handling signals Normally, @value{GDBN} is set up to let the non-erroneous signals like @code{SIGALRM} be silently passed to your program |