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authorGiampaolo Rodola' <g.rodola@gmail.com>2013-04-11 11:00:43 +0200
committerGiampaolo Rodola' <g.rodola@gmail.com>2013-04-11 11:00:43 +0200
commitb8b41aad9abbf251397e8de5709a0e561463da85 (patch)
tree6f342e3a28e1a8e88c4e42496b1cecf6f8b802e5
parent4443d885c6b6046f690e56b7185ae45ecd4fec94 (diff)
downloadpsutil-b8b41aad9abbf251397e8de5709a0e561463da85.tar.gz
update some docstrings
-rw-r--r--psutil/__init__.py18
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/psutil/__init__.py b/psutil/__init__.py
index 50584953..1198e09a 100644
--- a/psutil/__init__.py
+++ b/psutil/__init__.py
@@ -681,8 +681,6 @@ class Process(object):
On Windows only SIGTERM is valid and is treated as an alias
for kill().
"""
- # safety measure in case the current process has been killed in
- # meantime and the kernel reused its PID
if os.name == 'posix':
try:
os.kill(self.pid, sig)
@@ -703,9 +701,11 @@ class Process(object):
@_assert_is_running
def suspend(self):
- """Suspend process execution."""
- # windows
+ """Suspend process execution with SIGSTOP.
+ On Windows it suspends all process threads.
+ """
if hasattr(self._platform_impl, "suspend_process"):
+ # windows
self._platform_impl.suspend_process()
else:
# posix
@@ -713,9 +713,11 @@ class Process(object):
@_assert_is_running
def resume(self):
- """Resume process execution."""
- # windows
+ """Resume process execution with SIGCONT.
+ On Windows it resumes all process threads.
+ """
if hasattr(self._platform_impl, "resume_process"):
+ # windows
self._platform_impl.resume_process()
else:
# posix
@@ -729,9 +731,7 @@ class Process(object):
@_assert_is_running
def kill(self):
- """Kill the current process."""
- # safety measure in case the current process has been killed in
- # meantime and the kernel reused its PID
+ """Kill the current process with SIGKILL."""
if os.name == 'posix':
self.send_signal(signal.SIGKILL)
else: