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I"QSends the given signal to the specified process id(s) if _pid_ is positive. ;FI"PIf _pid_ is zero _signal_ is sent to all processes whose group ID is equal ;FI"Qto the group ID of the process. _signal_ may be an integer signal number or ;FI"Qa POSIX signal name (either with or without a +SIG+ prefix). If _signal_ is ;FI"Mnegative (or starts with a minus sign), kills process groups instead of ;FI"@processes. Not all signals are available on all platforms. ;FI"NThe keys and values of +Signal.list+ are known signal names and numbers, ;FI"respectively.;Fo:RDoc::Markup::BlankLineo:RDoc::Markup::Verbatim;	[I"pid = fork do
;TI"2   Signal.trap("HUP") { puts "Ouch!"; exit }
;TI"   # ... do some work ...
;TI"	end
;TI"# ...
;TI"Process.kill("HUP", pid)
;TI"Process.wait
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