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Title: os-process.html
Type: Stage:
Components: Documentation Versions: Python 2.4
process
Status: closed Resolution: fixed
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Assigned To: nnorwitz Nosy List: nnorwitz, noah
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2005-10-17 19:25 by noah, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (2)
msg26612 - (view) Author: Noah Spurrier (noah) Date: 2005-10-17 19:25
Documentation for kill(pid, sig) says
    "Kill the process pid with signal sig."
This is a bit misleading. It would be better to say
    "Send the process pid the signal sig."
since the kill system call does not necessarily kill
anything.
In fact, kill rarely does kill anything.

Just a peeve... :-)

Yours,
Noah
msg26613 - (view) Author: Neal Norwitz (nnorwitz) * (Python committer) Date: 2005-10-18 05:08
Logged In: YES 
user_id=33168

Checked in as: Doc/lib/libos.tex 1.170
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