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Signal Control

This service (the hcpd daemon) takes care of signals as described below.

The following signals are processed as the signals for service stop.

signal namedescription
SIGINTTerminal interruption
SIGTERMTerminal end

When SIGINT is caught, the service will stop after the completion of the transmission at that time. In comparison, SIGTERM will stop at once by aborting the transmission.

The following signals are processed as the signals for service restart (reload).

signal namedescription
SIGHUPHung-up
SIGUSR1USR1 signal

The following signals are ignored.

signal namedescription
SIGALRMAlarm
SIGPIPEPipe writing error

Signals other than the above will not be processed (it behaves following the operating system rules).

The signal numbers may differ depending on the platform. Please refer to the operation system manual.