18 Nov
2021
18 Nov
'21
7:39 p.m.
On 11/18/21 1:04 PM, Dan Cross wrote:
The use of SIGHUP to reread a config file
comes from, at least, Unix 5th Edition. I
suspect that the practice originated with the
`init` process (usually PID 1) which, on receipt
of SIGHUP, would reread the ttys file to figure
out what typewriters were attached to the
system.
Q. What's the difference between "kill -1 1" and
"kill 1 1"?
A. A trip to work at 2AM.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA