signal - raises a signal in the current process

USAGE

    signal [<code>]

DESCRIPTION

This raises a signal in the current process. With no arguments it prints a list of useful signals. Otherwise, the first argument can be the name of a signal or the numerical value, which range from 1-31 on most machines.

Recognized signal names are:

INT
interrupts ongoing work or does a soft quit, the same as Ctrl-C.
USR1
runs the sigUSR1Proc
USR2
runs the sigUSR1Proc
QUIT, KILL, ABRT, ALRM, TERM
at the moment these all kill the process, but some could be used for other purposes in the future.

EXAMPLES

To send a soft interrupt signal: 

    lens> signal INT
or 
    lens> signal 2

Last modified: Mon Oct 26 18:20:42 EST 1998