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SIGUSR1 is often caught by applications for their own IPC. SIGQUIT would probably be a safer one to send, but that can also be caught and repurposed. Sending
by ad_hominem 12y ago
SIGUSR1 is often caught by applications for their own IPC. SIGQUIT would probably be a safer one to send, but that can also be caught and repurposed. Sending other signal types would definitely have to be opt-in to prevent unintended side effects.