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Re: [leafnode-list] fetchnews



On 22 Jul, Thomas Bader wrote:
> Is it dangerous to break fetchnews, while it is working? With 'break' I
> mean Control-C or 'killall fetchnews'.

Ctrl-C yes, it's safe.  "killall fetchnews", no it's not.  Ctrl-C sends
a SIGINT (Signal 1 I believe) to the program, while killall by default
sends signal 15, which fetchnews isn't written to catch.

-KW


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