Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:54:49 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Sylwester Sosnowski <syso.fml@no-route.org> Cc: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dd(1) support for SIGUSR1 Message-ID: <87r60fwd1y.fsf@kobe.laptop> In-Reply-To: <49D0274A.80807@no-route.org> (Sylwester Sosnowski's message of "Mon, 30 Mar 2009 03:58:34 %2B0200") References: <49D0274A.80807@no-route.org>
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On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 03:58:34 +0200, Sylwester Sosnowski <syso.fml@no-route.org> wrote: > Hello, > > At least in FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE dd(1) doesn't seem to support > the USR1 signal. Instead of using the SIGUSR1 signal it supports > the SIGINFO signal. > > For compatibility reasons I would appreciate SIGUSR1 support beside > of SIGINFO support. Or is there any reason not to use it? What would you expect SIGUSR1 to do?
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