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-rw-r--r--include/usage.h13
-rw-r--r--procps/kill.c10
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/include/usage.h b/include/usage.h
index 9e18ff6..ac62fbf 100644
--- a/include/usage.h
+++ b/include/usage.h
@@ -2041,11 +2041,12 @@
"\n -u Unicode (utf-8)" \
#define kill_trivial_usage \
- "[-l] [-signal] process-id..."
+ "[-l] [-SIG] PID..."
#define kill_full_usage "\n\n" \
- "Send a signal (default is TERM) to the specified process(es)\n" \
+ "Send a signal (default is TERM) to given PIDs\n" \
"\nOptions:" \
"\n -l List all signal names and numbers" \
+/* "\n -s SIG Yet another way of specifying SIG" */ \
#define kill_example_usage \
"$ ps | grep apache\n" \
@@ -2058,22 +2059,24 @@
"$ kill 252\n"
#define killall_trivial_usage \
- "[-l] [-q] [-signal] process-name..."
+ "[-l] [-q] [-SIG] process-name..."
#define killall_full_usage "\n\n" \
- "Send a signal (default is TERM) to the specified process(es)\n" \
+ "Send a signal (default is TERM) to given processes\n" \
"\nOptions:" \
"\n -l List all signal names and numbers" \
+/* "\n -s SIG Yet another way of specifying SIG" */ \
"\n -q Do not complain if no processes were killed" \
#define killall_example_usage \
"$ killall apache\n"
#define killall5_trivial_usage \
- "[-l] [-signal]"
+ "[-l] [-SIG]"
#define killall5_full_usage "\n\n" \
"Send a signal (default is TERM) to all processes outside current session\n" \
"\nOptions:" \
"\n -l List all signal names and numbers" \
+/* "\n -s SIG Yet another way of specifying SIG" */ \
#define klogd_trivial_usage \
"[-c N] [-n]"
diff --git a/procps/kill.c b/procps/kill.c
index ed659af..1405500 100644
--- a/procps/kill.c
+++ b/procps/kill.c
@@ -96,10 +96,14 @@ int kill_main(int argc, char **argv)
if (arg[0] != '-') goto do_it_now;
}
- /* -SIG */
- signo = get_signum(&arg[1]);
+ arg++; /* skip '-' */
+ if (argc > 1 && arg[0] == 's' && arg[1] == '\0') { /* -s SIG? */
+ argc--;
+ arg = *++argv;
+ } /* else it must be -SIG */
+ signo = get_signum(arg);
if (signo < 0) { /* || signo > MAX_SIGNUM ? */
- bb_error_msg("bad signal name '%s'", &arg[1]);
+ bb_error_msg("bad signal name '%s'", arg);
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
arg = *++argv;