Re: [OT] help with bash script

[John H Darrah]

On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, rpjday wrote:

> > >Try:
> > >        trap 'kill 0' 0 1 2 3
> > >
> > >This should cleanup all the children.
> 
> huh?  i understand all of the above except for the "kill
> 0" command.  what does it mean to say "kill 0"?  what
> signal is being sent to what, exactly? 


To answer your last question, "kill 0" is equivalent to
"kill -15 -0".


See also:

        man 1 kill

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