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add some USR1/USR2 examples
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\end{verbatim}
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\item \texttt{SIGTERM} is the default signal for command \texttt{kill(1)}.
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\item \texttt{SIGUSR1} and \texttt{SIGUSR2} are not used by any system call and
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are available for use to the user.
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are available for use to the user. These are used to e.g. dump internal state
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of a daemon to a file, display statistics of the program run so far, etc.
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\end{itemize}
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