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Old 02-18-2009
process caught signal 5

Hello,

We are using AIX 5.2 ML 7.
One of the process in its log file said the following and stopped running.

Code:
Caught signal=5, exiting.

What would cause the signal 5 to be generated on an AIX box.
Please advise.

Thx
Jerardfjay
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Old 02-18-2009
Usually kill -l will list all available signals on your system, but it's probably the TRAP signal (description)
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Old 02-18-2009
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Originally Posted by pludi
Usually kill -l will list all available signals on your system, but it's probably the TRAP signal (description)
Pludi,

Thx for the response. Looks like there could be a multitude of reasons as to why a kernel could generate this signal to a process based on the link.
Shoot, I was hoping it would be more specific than what has been described. However thank you for send me the explanation.

Regards
Jerardfjay
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