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Re: Functions in kill-emacs-hook aren't run if emacs gets killed with SI


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: Functions in kill-emacs-hook aren't run if emacs gets killed with SIGTERM
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:23:51 +0200

> From: Tassilo Horn <address@hidden>
> Cc: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>,  address@hidden
> Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:00:43 +0100
> 
> Is SIGTERM really such a fatal signal as you say?  I always believed
> SIGTERM meant "shutdown, but do it cleanly" whereas SIGKILL meant "Die!
> Die! Die! NOW!".

No, the reason is that SIGKILL cannot be caught or ignored, whereas
SIGTERM can.  Which has the practical effect that you mention, but
it's IMO important to understand the underlying reason.




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