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authornfagerlund <nick.fagerlund@gmail.com>2011-05-27 16:00:17 -0700
committernfagerlund <nick.fagerlund@gmail.com>2011-05-27 16:06:23 -0700
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(#7707) Document signals in puppet agent and puppet master help
Previously, the signals accepted by the agent and master daemons were only documented in the configuration reference, which didn't make any particular sense. This commit moves their documentation to a blurb in the relevant man pages. This is a doc string only commit.
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@@ -281,6 +281,18 @@ EXAMPLE
$ puppet agent --server puppet.domain.com
+DIAGNOSTICS
+-----------
+
+Puppet agent accepts the following signals:
+
+* SIGHUP:
+ Restart the puppet agent daemon.
+* SIGINT and SIGTERM:
+ Shut down the puppet agent daemon.
+* SIGUSR1:
+ Immediately retrieve and apply configurations from the puppet master.
+
AUTHOR
------
Luke Kanies