S6-NUKE(1)

NAME
s6-nuke - send signals to every process it is allowed to send

SYNOPSIS
s6-nuke [-h | -t | -k]

DESCRIPTION
Depending on the options it is given, s6-nuke sends signals to all processes; depending on s6-nuke' s rights, not all processes may receive them.

s6-nuke protects itself against the signals it sends ( which doesn't do much good against SIGKILL). If it survives the blast, it exits 0.

s6-nuke can be used during the shutdown procedure of a system[1].

OPTIONS

-h  Send a SIGHUP.

-t  Send a SIGTERM then a SIGCONT.

-k  Send a SIGKILL.

EXIT STATUS

111 Temporary error.

100 Permanent error, such as a misuse.

127 Unable to execute program - not found.

126 Unable to execute program - other reason.

SEE ALSO
s6-basename(1), s6-cat(1), s6-chmod(1), s6-chown(1), s6-clock(1), s6-cut(1), s6-dirname(1), s6-dumpenv(1), s6-echo(1), s6-env(1), s6-expr(1), s6-false(1), s6-format-filter(1), s6-grep(1), s6-head(1), s6-hiercopy(1), s6-linkname(1), s6-ln(1), s6-ls(1), s6-maximumtime(1), s6-mkdir(1), s6-mkfifo(1), s6-nice(1), s6-pause(1), s6-printenv(1), s6-quote(1), s6-quote-filter(1), s6-rename(1), s6-rmrf(1), s6-seq(1), s6-sleep(1), s6-sort(1), s6-sync(1), s6-tai64ndiff(1), s6-tail(1), s6-touch(1), s6-true(1), s6-uniquename(1), s6-unquote(1), s6-unquote-filter(1), s6-update-symlinks(1), seekablepipe(1)

[1] https://skarnet.org/software/s6/s6-svscan-1.html#stage3

This man page is ported from the authoritative documentation at: https://skarnet.org/software/s6-portable-utils/s6-nuke.html

AUTHORS
Laurent Bercot Alexis <flexibeast@gmail.com> (man page port)