-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to Roman Rakus on 12/11/2009 6:08 AM: > kill builtin incorrectly thinks that -PGID is signal name even if the > signal name is set by -s or -n option. > > [rra...@dhcp-lab-170 ~]$ kill -s TERM -5032 > bash: kill: 5032: invalid signal specification
Not necessarily a bug. POSIX requires that portable shell use: kill -s TERM -- -5032 when targetting a process group. But it is certainly an area for QoI enhancement, if Chet wants to accept your patch as an extension allowed by POSIX. - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake e...@byu.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAksiRnAACgkQ84KuGfSFAYCAHgCfe+m7Q9wz6++tlwUYaKgC6QtI zHAAnA+I9JLRBOovsr/gyqcQPqGaZw5e =aXWm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
