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portability of 'kill -name'?


From: Eric Blake
Subject: portability of 'kill -name'?
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 21:25:20 -0600
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I know it is not portable to do "trap '' TERM", since ash only accepts
signal numbers.  But is it portable to do 'kill -TERM', or must I do
'kill -15'?  The manual doesn't currently mention any pitfalls of kill.

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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