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diff --git a/man/skill.1 b/man/skill.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..de95871 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/skill.1 @@ -0,0 +1,128 @@ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2011-2023 Craig Small <csmall@dropbear.xyz> +.\" Copyright (c) 2011-2012 Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi> +.\" Copyright (c) 2002-2006 Albert Cahalan +.\" +.\" This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify +.\" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +.\" the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or +.\" (at your option) any later version. +.\" +.\" +.TH SKILL 1 "2023-08-19" "procps-ng" "User Commands" +.SH NAME +skill, snice \- send a signal or report process status +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B skill +.RI [ signal ] +.RI [ options ] +.I expression +.br +.B snice +.RI [ "new priority" ] +.RI [ options ] +.I expression +.SH DESCRIPTION +These tools are obsolete and unportable. The command syntax is +poorly defined. Consider using the +.BR killall , +.BR pkill , +and +.B pgrep +commands instead. +.PP +The default signal for \fBskill\fP is TERM. Use \fB\-l\fP or \fB\-L\fP to list +available signals. Particularly useful signals include HUP, INT, +KILL, STOP, CONT, and 0. Alternate signals may be specified in three +ways: \fB\-9\fP \fB\-SIGKILL\fP \fB\-KILL\fP. +.PP +The default priority for \fBsnice\fP is +4. Priority numbers range from ++20 (slowest) to \-20 (fastest). Negative priority numbers are +restricted to administrative users. +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +.BR \-f , \ \-\-fast +Fast mode. This option has not been implemented. +.TP +.BR \-i , \ \-\-interactive +Interactive use. You will be asked to approve each action. +.TP +.BR \-l , \ \-\-list +List all signal names. +.TP +.BR \-L , \ \-\-table +List all signal names in a nice table. +.TP +.BR \-n , \ \-\-no\-action +No action; perform a simulation of events that would occur but do not +actually change the system. +.TP +.BR \-v , \ \-\-verbose +Verbose; explain what is being done. +.TP +.BR \-w , \ \-\-warnings +Enable warnings. This option has not been implemented. +.TP +\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR +Display help text and exit. +.TP +\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR +Display version information. +.PD +.SH "PROCESS SELECTION OPTIONS" +Selection criteria can be: terminal, user, pid, command. The options +below may be used to ensure correct interpretation. +.TP +\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-tty\fR \fItty\fR +The next expression is a terminal (tty or pty). +.TP +\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-user\fR \fIuser\fR +The next expression is a username. +.TP +\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-pid\fR \fIpid\fR +The next expression is a process ID number. +.TP +\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-command\fR \fIcommand\fR +The next expression is a command name. +.TP +\fB\-\-ns \fIpid\fR +Match the processes that belong to the same namespace as pid. +.TP +\fB\-\-nslist \fIns\/\fR,\,\fI...\/\fR +list which namespaces will be considered for the \fB\-\-ns\fP option. +Available namespaces: ipc, mnt, net, pid, user, uts. +.PD +.SH SIGNALS +The behavior of signals is explained in +.BR signal (7) +manual page. +.SH EXAMPLES +.TP +.B snice \-c seti \-c crack +7 ++Slow down \fBseti\fP and \fBcrack\fP commands. +.TP +.B skill \-KILL \-t /dev/pts/* +Kill users on PTY devices. +.TP +.B skill \-STOP \-u viro \-u lm \-u davem +Stop three users. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR kill (1), +.BR kill (2), +.BR killall (1), +.BR nice (1), +.BR pkill (1), +.BR renice (1), +.BR signal (7) +.SH STANDARDS +No standards apply. +.SH AUTHOR +.MT albert@users.sf.net +Albert Cahalan +.ME +wrote skill and snice in 1999 as a replacement for a non-free +version. +.SH "REPORTING BUGS" +Please send bug reports to +.UR procps@freelists.org +.UE |