Process Signals Relevant to the Operation of BitchX
BitchX's behavior can be controlled (to an extent) from the Unix command line
via signals. The following signals have notable affects on the client:
SIGSEGV cause the client to dump core, if compiled with BITCHX_DEBUG
SIGTERM cause the client to immediately, but gracefully, exit
SIGKILL cause the client to die immediately, no cleanup
SIGUSR1 cause the client to close all DCC connections and any EXEC 'd
processes that are still active
Typically, these signals are delivered with kill(1). The client's process
id (PID) must be known to send it a signal. The PID may be obtained with the
ps(1) command, or other utilities that display running processes. The basic
form would be:
% kill -USR1 <PID>
Refer to your system's manual pages for more information.
