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diff --git a/winsup/utils/utils.sgml b/winsup/utils/utils.sgml index 4d93d0e..e38e738 100644 --- a/winsup/utils/utils.sgml +++ b/winsup/utils/utils.sgml @@ -142,7 +142,8 @@ same output. <sect2 id="kill"><title>kill</title> <screen> -Usage: kill [-f] [-sigN] pid1 [pid2 ...] +Usage: kill [-f] [-sigN] [-s sigN] pid1 [pid2 ...] +Usage: kill -l [signal] </screen> <para>The <command>kill</command> program allows you to send arbitrary @@ -158,6 +159,9 @@ list of running programs and their Cygwin pids, use the Cygwin <command>ps</command> program. <command>ps -W</command> will display <emphasis>all</emphasis> windows pids.</para> +<para>The <command>kill -l</command> option prints the name of the +given signal, or a list of all signal names if no signal is given.</para> + <para>To send a specific signal, use the <literal>-signN</literal> option, either with a signal number or a signal name (minus the "SIG" part), like these examples:</para> |