Originally posted by Ajay Xavier:
can you please explain how to send a signal 3 to the PID of the JVM?
Use the "ps" command to list the processes running. Go through the list to find the JVM that you want the thread dump of -- and take note of the process ID.
To send a signal 3, you need to use the kill command:
$ kill -3 <PID>
where <PID> is replaced with the actual process ID number that you obtained from the "ps" command.
BTW, it has been awhile since I did this... but I am 99.44% sure it's a signal 3...
Henry
[ June 30, 2006: Message edited by: Henry Wong ]