Signal - style) signal to a tool
Signal(in string theSignal);
Desktop Services Message Sets Signal(4) NAME Signal - send a (POSIX-style) signal to a tool SYNOPSIS Signal(in string theSignal); DESCRIPTION The Signal request asks the handling procid to send itself the indi- cated POSIX signal. The theSignal argument is the signal to send. APPLICATION USAGE The ttdt_session_join(3), function can be used to register for, and transparently process, the Signal request. EXAMPLES The Signal request can be sent as in the following example: Tt_message msg = tttk_message_create(0, TT_REQUEST, TT_SESSION, the_recipient_procid, TTDT_SIGNAL, my_callback); tt_message_arg_add(msg, TT_IN, Tttk_string, "SIGHUP"); tt_message_send(msg); WARNINGS Signal can also be sent as a multicast notice, as an edict to all tools in the scope of the message. The consequences of doing so can be severe and unexpected. ATTRIBUTES See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes: +---------------+------------------+ |ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +---------------+------------------+ |Availability | library/tooltalk | +---------------+------------------+ |Stability | Committed | +---------------+------------------+ SEE ALSO sigaction(2) tt_message_arg_add(3), tt_message_send(3), ttdt_ses- sion_join(3), ToolTalk 1.3 1 March 1996 Signal(4)