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POSIX process signals

  • SIGTERM - Kill the process, but allow it to do some cleanup tasks beforehand
  • SIGKILL - Kill the process (doesn't do any cleanup after the fact)
  • SIGSTOP - Stop/suspend a process

There are others, but these are the big ones.

POSIX process signals
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POSIX process signals