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* gdb.texinfo (Signaling): Update for symbolic symbol names 

and add a section explaining the difference between the GDB
	signal command and the shell kill utility.
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Thu Oct 7 16:15:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
* gdb.texinfo (Signaling): Update for symbolic symbol names
and add a section explaining the difference between the GDB
signal command and the shell kill utility.
Wed Oct 6 13:23:01 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
* libgdb.texinfo: added `@' to braces that were unescaped.

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@section Giving your program a signal
@table @code
@item signal @var{signalnum}
@item signal @var{signal}
@kindex signal
Resume execution where your program stopped, but immediately give it the
signal number @var{signalnum}.
signal @var{signal}. @var{signal} can be the name or the number of a
signal. For example, on many systems @code{signal 2} and @code{signal
SIGINT} are both ways of sending an interrupt signal.
Alternatively, if @var{signalnum} is zero, continue execution without
Alternatively, if @var{signal} is zero, continue execution without
giving a signal. This is useful when your program stopped on account of
a signal and would ordinary see the signal when resumed with the
@code{continue} command; @samp{signal 0} causes it to resume without a
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after executing the command.
@end table
@c @end group
Invoking the @code{signal} command is not the same as invoking the
@code{kill} utility from the shell. Sending a signal with @code{kill}
causes @value{GDBN} to decide what to do with the signal depending on
the signal handling tables (@pxref{Signals}). The @code{signal} command
passes the signal directly to your program.
@end ifclear
@node Returning