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81 lines
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<!-- $XConsortium: Signal.sgm /main/6 1996/09/08 20:16:18 rws $ -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Digital Equipment Corporation. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Hewlett-Packard Company. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 International Business Machines Corp. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Sun Microsystems, Inc. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Novell, Inc. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 FUJITSU LIMITED. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Hitachi. -->
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<![ %CDE.C.CDE; [<RefEntry Id="CDEMX.XCDI.MAN313.rsml.1">]]>
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<![ %CDE.C.XO; [<RefEntry Id="XCDI.MAN313.rsml.1">]]>
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<RefMeta>
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<RefEntryTitle>Signal</RefEntryTitle>
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<ManVolNum>special file</ManVolNum>
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</RefMeta>
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<RefNameDiv>
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<RefName><Symbol Role="Message">Signal</Symbol></RefName>
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<RefPurpose>send a (POSIX-style) signal to a tool
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</RefPurpose>
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</RefNameDiv>
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<!-- $XConsortium: Signal.sgm /main/6 1996/09/08 20:16:18 rws $-->
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<!-- CDE Common Source Format, Version 1.0.0-->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1993, 1994, 1995 Hewlett-Packard Company-->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1993, 1994, 1995 International Business Machines Corp.-->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1993, 1994, 1995 Sun Microsystems, Inc.-->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1993, 1994, 1995 Novell, Inc.-->
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<RefSynopsisDiv>
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<Synopsis>Signal(in string <Emphasis>theSignal</Emphasis>);
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</Synopsis>
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</RefSynopsisDiv>
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<RefSect1>
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<Title>DESCRIPTION</Title>
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<Para>The
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<Symbol Role="Message">Signal</Symbol> request
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asks the handling procid to send itself the
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indicated POSIX signal.
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</Para>
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<Para>The
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<Emphasis>theSignal</Emphasis> argument
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is the signal to send.
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</Para>
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</RefSect1>
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<RefSect1>
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<Title>APPLICATION USAGE</Title>
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<Para>The
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&cdeman.ttdt.session.join;, function can be used to register for,
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and transparently process, the
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<Symbol Role="Message">Signal</Symbol> request.
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</Para>
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</RefSect1>
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<RefSect1>
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<Title>EXAMPLES</Title>
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<Para>The
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<Symbol Role="Message">Signal</Symbol> request can be sent as in the following example:
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</Para>
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<InformalExample Remap="indent">
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<ProgramListing>Tt_message msg = tttk_message_create(0, TT_REQUEST, TT_SESSION,
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the_recipient_procid, TTDT_SIGNAL,
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my_callback);
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tt_message_arg_add(msg, TT_IN, Tttk_string, "SIGHUP");
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tt_message_send(msg);
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</ProgramListing>
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</InformalExample>
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</RefSect1>
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<![ %CDE.C.CDE; [
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<RefSect1>
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<Title>WARNINGS</Title>
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<Para><Symbol Role="Message">Signal</Symbol> can also be sent as a multicast notice, as an
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<Emphasis>edict</Emphasis> to all tools in the scope of the message.
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The consequences of doing so can be severe and unexpected.
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</Para>
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</RefSect1>
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]]>
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<RefSect1>
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<Title>SEE ALSO</Title>
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<Para><Function>sigaction</Function>(2) <![ %CDE.C.XO; [in the &str-ZK;;
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]]>&cdeman.tt.message.arg.add;, &cdeman.tt.message.send;, &cdeman.ttdt.session.join;.</Para>
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</RefSect1>
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</RefEntry>
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