ability to send arbitrary signals

3 files changed, 29 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS.xml b/NEWS.xml
index 646bb90..cd12d05 100644
--- a/NEWS.xml
+++ b/NEWS.xml
@@ -3,3 +3,3 @@
  <version version="0.2" date="July 23rd, 2004">
-  <ni>now dudki sends signals to the processes being monitored from the command line</ni>
+  <ni>now dudki sends arbitrary signals to the processes being monitored from the command line</ni>
  </version>
diff --git a/man/dudki.8.in b/man/dudki.8.in
index 05db733..be60f53 100644
--- a/man/dudki.8.in
+++ b/man/dudki.8.in
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-.TH dudki 8 "June 9th, 2004" "dudki(8)" "Klever Group (http://www.klever.net/)"
+.TH dudki 8 "July 23rd, 2004" "dudki(8)" "Klever Group (http://www.klever.net/)"
 .hla en
@@ -6,3 +6,3 @@
 
-dudki \- a process monitoring daemon
+dudki \- a process maintenance daemon
 
@@ -24,2 +24,4 @@ dudki \- a process monitoring daemon
 .if \*[longopt] [\fB--check\fR]
+[\fB-s\fR \fIsignum\fR]
+.if \*[longopt] [\fB--signal=\fR\fIsignum\fR]
 [\fB-e\fR]
@@ -57,2 +59,7 @@ Reload the running instance by sending the \fBSIGHUP\fR signal. Like with
 .TP
+.ie \*[longopt] \fB-s\fR \fIsignum\fR, \fB--signal=\fR\fIsignum\fR
+.el \fB-s\fR \fIsignum\fR
+Send arbitrary signal to the names processes (or self, but it doesn't make much
+sense).
+.TP
 .ie \*[longopt] \fB-c\fR, \fB--check\fR
diff --git a/src/dudki.cc b/src/dudki.cc
index e91ad5e..9562079 100644
--- a/src/dudki.cc
+++ b/src/dudki.cc
@@ -3,2 +3,3 @@
 #include <syslog.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 #include <iostream>
@@ -70,3 +71,3 @@ int main(int argc,char **argv) {
 	while(true) {
-#define	SHORTOPTSTRING "f:hVLrkcet"
+#define	SHORTOPTSTRING "f:hVLrkcets:"
 #ifdef HAVE_GETOPT_LONG
@@ -80,2 +81,3 @@ int main(int argc,char **argv) {
 		{ "reload", no_argument, 0, 'r' },
+		{ "signal", required_argument, 0, 's' },
 		{ "check", no_argument, 0, 'c' },
@@ -106,2 +108,4 @@ int main(int argc,char **argv) {
 			" -r, --reload    reload running instance (send SIGHUP)\n"
+			" -s signum, --signal=signum\n"
+			"                 send the specified signal to the running process\n"
 			" -c, --check     check if the process is running\n"
@@ -119,2 +123,3 @@ int main(int argc,char **argv) {
 			" -r              reload running instance (send SIGHUP)\n"
+			" -s signum       send the specified signal to the running process\n"
 			" -c              check if the process is running\n"
@@ -175,2 +180,15 @@ int main(int argc,char **argv) {
 		    break;
+		case 's':
+		    if(op!=op_default) {
+			cerr << "Can't obey two or more orders at once" << endl;
+			exit(1);
+		    }
+		    op = op_signal;
+		    errno = 0;
+		    op_signum = strtol(optarg,NULL,0);
+		    if(errno) {
+			cerr << "Can't obtain the signal value" << endl;
+			exit(1);
+		    }
+		    break;
 		default: