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NAME

       bosskill - send a signal to your boss, or terminate your boss

SYNOPSIS

       bosskill [ -signal ] <bossname>

DESCRIPTION

       bosskill sends the TERM (terminate, 15) signal to the boss with the specified bossname.  If a signal name
       or number preceded by `-' is given as the first argument, that signal is sent instead of  terminate.  The
       killed boss must be in the system administrator's supervisory chain.

       The following is a list of all signals with names as in the include file <signal.h>:

       SIGHUP    1     hangup.  Forces  bossname  to  re-read his/her job description and figure out that he/she
                      knows squat about sysadmin work or life, in general.

       SIGINT    2    interrupt. Prevents the bossname from interrupting the sysadmin for one hour.

       SIGQUIT   3    quit. Causes the boss to quit his/her job with no explanation.

       SIGILL    4    illegal instruction. Makes the boss believe the last instruction he/she gave was  illegal,
                      so he/she withdraws it.

       SIGTRAP   5    trace trap. Display the exact location of the boss.

       SIGABRT   6    abort. Makes the boss go home and try again tomorrow.

       SIGKILL   9    kill. Game over.

       SIGBUS    10   bus error. Boss's transportation fails on the way to work.

       SIGSEGV   11   segmentation violation. Boss realizes he/she is trying to do something for which he/she is
                      not quailified and stops.

       SIGSYS    12   bad argument. Boss loses.

       SIGPIPE   13   smoke pipe. Boss samples some green leafy substance and mellows out.

       SIGALRM   14   alarm. Boss is startled and falls over. Best used when boss is  walking  next  to  his/her
                      boss.

       SIGTERM   15   termination signal. Boss is fired.

BUGS

       Sending  a SIGABRT to a boss that is already home will cause him/her to walk aimlessly in circles for two
       hours.

HISTORY

       Written by Eric L. Pederson <eric@bofh.org.uk>.

                                                27 September 1995                                    BOSSKILL(8)