G3.10. Administration of Dr.Web Server Version for UNIX OS with the kill Instruction

The version of Dr.Web Server for UNIX OS is administrated by the signals sent to the Dr.Web Server processor by the kill utility.

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Use the man kill instruction to receive help on the kill utility.

Below are listed the utility signals and the actions performed by them:

SIGWINCH—log statistics to a file (CPU time, memory usage, etc.),

SIGUSR1—reread the repository from the drive,

SIGUSR2—reread templates from the drive,

SIGHUP—restart Dr.Web Server,

SIGTERM—shut down Dr.Web Server,

SIGQUIT—shut down Dr.Web Server,

SIGINT—shut down Dr.Web Server.

Similar actions are performed by the switches of the drwcsd instruction for the Windows version of Dr.Web Server, read Appendix G3.3. Database Commands.