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Authored by: SeanAhern on May 28, '02 07:44:09PM

Nope. HUP stands for "hangup". Many system apps *are* configured to reread their configuration files when they receive a hangup signal, thus appearing to stop and restart. But not everything is like that.

In general, a HUP signal just causes the app to quit, similar to a TERM.



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