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child_process: document kill() return value
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This commit documents the return value from subprocess.kill().

PR-URL: #30669
Refs: #30668
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Gireesh Punathil <gpunathi@in.ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
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cjihrig committed Nov 29, 2019
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* `signal` {number|string}
* Returns: {boolean}

The `subprocess.kill()` method sends a signal to the child process. If no
argument is given, the process will be sent the `'SIGTERM'` signal. See
signal(7) for a list of available signals.
signal(7) for a list of available signals. This function returns `true` if
kill(2) succeeds, and `false` otherwise.

```js
const { spawn } = require('child_process');
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