Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 18:24:17 -0400 From: Allan Fields <bsd@afields.ca> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: ddb(4) manpage: kill Message-ID: <20050615222417.GA95979@afields.ca>
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--YZ5djTAD1cGYuMQK Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Kill entry for ddb(4) manpage. -- Allan Fields --YZ5djTAD1cGYuMQK Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="ddb.diff" --- ddb.4.orig Wed Jun 15 16:36:40 2005 +++ ddb.4 Wed Jun 15 18:04:00 2005 @@ -409,6 +409,20 @@ .Li m modifier will alter the display to show VM map addresses for the process and not show other info. +.It Xo Cm kill +.Ar sig Ns , Ns +.Ar pid +.Xc +Send a signal to a process. +Send signal +.Ar sig +to process +.Ar pid Ns +, which is acted upon returning from the debugger. +Can be used to kill a process causing resource contention in the case of a hung system. +See: +.Xr signal 3 +for a list of signals. .It Cm show registers Ns Op Cm /u Display the register set. If the --YZ5djTAD1cGYuMQK--
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