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Signal Theory

The document outlines several commonly used signals in Unix-like operating systems, including SIGINT for interrupting processes, SIGTERM for graceful termination, and SIGKILL for forceful termination. It also describes user-defined signals (SIGUSR1 and SIGUSR2), the alarm signal (SIGALRM) for timers, and the child status change signal (SIGCHLD) for parent processes. Each signal includes its purpose and how to send it using terminal commands or programmatically.

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Signal Theory

The document outlines several commonly used signals in Unix-like operating systems, including SIGINT for interrupting processes, SIGTERM for graceful termination, and SIGKILL for forceful termination. It also describes user-defined signals (SIGUSR1 and SIGUSR2), the alarm signal (SIGALRM) for timers, and the child status change signal (SIGCHLD) for parent processes. Each signal includes its purpose and how to send it using terminal commands or programmatically.

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some commonly used signals and their typical

purposes:
SIGINT (Ctrl+C):
Purpose: Interrupt signal. Typically used to request the termination of a process by
the user.
How to Give Input: Pressing Ctrl+C in the terminal where the process is running
sends the SIGINT signal to the foreground process.

SIGTERM:
Purpose: Termination signal. Used to request the graceful termination of a process.
How to Give Input: You can send the SIGTERM signal to a process using the kill
command in the terminal, specifying the process ID (PID) of the target process. For
example: kill <PID>.

SIGKILL:
Purpose: Kill signal. Used to forcefully terminate a process.
How to Give Input: Similar to SIGTERM, you can send the SIGKILL signal using the
kill command. However, unlike SIGTERM, SIGKILL cannot be caught or ignored by the
process.

SIGUSR1 and SIGUSR2:


Purpose: User-defined signals. These signals have no predefined meaning and can
be used by applications for custom purposes.
How to Give Input: Similar to SIGTERM, you can send SIGUSR1 or SIGUSR2 using
the kill command. Additionally, these signals can be raised programmatically within a
process using functions like raise().

SIGALRM:
Purpose: Alarm signal. Used to set a timer and receive a notification when the timer
expires.
How to Give Input: You can set an alarm timer using the alarm() function in a
program, specifying the duration in seconds. When the timer expires, the process receives
a SIGALRM signal.

SIGCHLD:
Purpose: Child status change signal. Sent to the parent process when a child process
terminates or stops.
How to Give Input: This signal is automatically generated by the operating system
when child processes change state. Parent processes typically handle this signal to
perform cleanup or other actions related to child processes.

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