val@ora.UUCP (Valerie Quercia) (04/21/89)
On the xterm X11 menu, how does the new selection 'Quit' differ from the old (and still available) selection 'Kill program'? They appear to perform the same function. Perhaps they send different signals. 'Kill program' sends a SIGKILL signal. What does 'Quit' send? Thanks in advance. -- Val Quercia (617) 354-5800 O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., Publishers of Nutshell Handbooks 90 Sherman Street, Cambridge, MA 02140 UUCP: uunet!ora!val ARPA: val@ora.uu.net
jim@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (05/05/89)
> On the xterm X11 menu, how does the new selection 'Quit' differ from > the old (and still available) selection 'Kill program'? "Kill program" just sends the subprogram a SIGKILL signal. If the subprogram isn't wedged in a kernel wait, it will die and then xterm will catch the process death and shutdown. "Quit" sends the subprogram a SIGHUP and then exits. It is a kinder and gentler way of forcing a shutdown.