Human-friendly process signals.
This is a map of known process signals with some information about each signal.
Unlike
os.constants.signals
this includes:
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Example
import { signalsByName, signalsByNumber } from 'human-signals'
console.log(signalsByName.SIGINT)
console.log(signalsByNumber[8])
Install
npm install human-signals
This package works in Node.js >=18.18.0.
This is an ES module. It must be loaded using
an import
or import()
statement,
not require()
. If TypeScript is used, it must be configured to
output ES modules,
not CommonJS.
Usage
signalsByName
Type: object
Object whose keys are signal names and values are
signal objects.
signalsByNumber
Type: object
Object whose keys are signal numbers and values are
signal objects.
signal
Type: object
Signal object with the following properties.
name
Type: string
Standard name of the signal, for example 'SIGINT'
.
number
Type: number
Code number of the signal, for example 2
. While most number
are
cross-platform, some are different between different OS.
description
Type: string
Human-friendly description for the signal, for example
'User interruption with CTRL-C'
.
supported
Type: boolean
Whether the current OS can handle this signal in Node.js using
process.on(name, handler)
.
The list of supported signals
is OS-specific.
action
Type: string
Enum: 'terminate'
, 'core'
, 'ignore'
, 'pause'
, 'unpause'
What is the default action for this signal when it is not handled.
forced
Type: boolean
Whether the signal's default action cannot be prevented. This is true
for
SIGTERM
, SIGKILL
and SIGSTOP
.
standard
Type: string
Enum: 'ansi'
, 'posix'
, 'bsd'
, 'systemv'
, 'other'
Which standard defined that signal.
Support
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