Appendix E. Signals
The following list contains the C language short form for a signal, the signal numeric value, and a short description of the purpose of the signal.
Value | C Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
1 |
| Connection hang up |
2 |
| Interrupt |
3 |
| Quit |
4 |
| Illegal instruction (not reset) |
5 |
| Trace trap (not reset) |
6 |
| Used by abort |
7 |
| Bus error |
8 |
| Floating-point exception |
9 |
| Kill (cannot be caught or ignored) |
10 |
| User defined |
11 |
| Segmentation violation |
12 |
| User defined |
13 |
| Write on a pipe with no one to read it |
14 |
| Alarm clock |
15 |
| Terminate (kill default) |
17 |
| Child status change |
18 |
| Stopped process has been continued |
19 |
| Stop (cannot be caught or ignored) |
20 |
| User stop requested from tty |
21 |
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