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author | zzak <zzak@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e> | 2012-09-13 15:24:05 +0000 |
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committer | zzak <zzak@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e> | 2012-09-13 15:24:05 +0000 |
commit | b1228caeff7791116a68a400607f55fc891a4b2a (patch) | |
tree | ab34ad2242810648dadc0a5c830710ff7c8bf785 /signal.c | |
parent | 3207af4cb841872176ad0ba5cc62f868b83ee769 (diff) | |
download | ruby-b1228caeff7791116a68a400607f55fc891a4b2a.tar.gz |
* signal.c (rb_f_kill):
Update documentation for Process.kill to reflect kill(2)
Patch by Richo Healey
git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@36962 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
Diffstat (limited to 'signal.c')
-rw-r--r-- | signal.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -304,11 +304,11 @@ ruby_default_signal(int sig) * call-seq: * Process.kill(signal, pid, ...) -> fixnum * - * Sends the given signal to the specified process id(s), or to the - * current process if _pid_ is zero. _signal_ may be an - * integer signal number or a POSIX signal name (either with or without - * a +SIG+ prefix). If _signal_ is negative (or starts - * with a minus sign), kills process groups instead of + * Sends the given signal to the specified process id(s) if _pid_ is positive. + * If _pid_ is zero _signal_ is sent to all processes whose group ID is equal + * to the group ID of the process. _signal_ may be an integer signal number or + * a POSIX signal name (either with or without a +SIG+ prefix). If _signal_ is + * negative (or starts with a minus sign), kills process groups instead of * processes. Not all signals are available on all platforms. * * pid = fork do |