Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 13:09:29 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Paul Derbyshire <pderbysh AT usa DOT net>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Clarification re: signals
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On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Paul Derbyshire wrote:

> >No, SIGKILL is the only signal a process can't catch, so it's the
> >"kill of last resort" to try to end a process.  SIGKILL can only be
> >sent, not trapped.  The kill() function can send *any* signal to a
> >process.
> 
> A parent can use WIFSIGNALED and WTERMSIG to spot a SIGKILL kill of a child
> though right?

Yes.