Introduction On UNIX systems, terminating programs involves sending signals, such as SIGTERM or SIGKILL1, to the target process. SIGTERM allows a process to gracefully handle the termination signal, whereas SIGKILL abruptly ends the process. After termination, the parent process takes charge by reading the exit status and acting accordingly. An exit code of 0 signifies success, whereas other codes denote failures, including termination by a signal or application errors. However, what if the need...