alt Hacker NewsIt is possible to install a handler for most signals, and that handler can be configured to ignore the signal.
Signal 9 cannot be ignored.
It is possible to install a handler for most signals, and that handler can be configured to ignore the signal.
Signal 9 cannot be ignored.
I don't think of 9 as really being a signal to the process at all, more of an instruction to the OS kernel to terminate the process