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In the Process Manager, select the desired process from the list and select Signal from the Process menu. The most commonly used signal is KILL, used to terminate a process.
The remaining functions are intended for more sophisticated users. See signal(S) for more information.
Signal types
| Signal | Purpose |
|---|---|
| HUP | hangup |
| INT | interrupt |
| QUIT | quit |
| ILL | illegal instruction (not reset when caught) |
| TRAP | trace trap (not reset when caught) |
| ABRT | IOT instruction |
| EMT | EMT instruction |
| FPE | floating point exception |
| KILL | kill (cannot be caught or ignored) |
| BUS | bus error |
| SEGV | segmentation violation |
| SYS | bad argument to system call |
| PIPE | write on a pipe with no one to read it |
| ALRM | alarm clock |
| TERM | software termination signal |
| USR1 | user-defined signal 1 |
| USR2 | user-defined signal 2 |
| CHLD | death of a child |
| PWR | power fail |
| WINCH | window change |
| POLL | selectable event pending |
| STOP | sendable stop signal not from tty |
| TSTP | stop signal from tty |
| CONT | continue a stopped process |
| TTIN | background tty read attempt |
| TTOU | background tty write attempt |
| VTALRM | virtual timer alarm |
| PROF | profile alarm |
| XCPU | exceeded cpu limit |
| XFSZ | exceeded file size limit |
| WAITING | all lightweight processes blocked interruptibly notification |
| LWP | signal reserved for thread library implementation |
| AIO | asynchronous I/O signal |