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-rw-r--r--Src/jobs.c4
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 193173101..8e02b7863 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-12-18  Peter Stephenson  <pws@csr.com>
+
+	* 23054, part: Src/jobs.c: error message for "kill -" with
+	no option or signal name was confusing.
+
 2006-12-17  Peter Stephenson  <p.w.stephenson@ntlworld.com>
 
 	* 23060: Doc/Makefile.in: make everything makes info.
diff --git a/Src/jobs.c b/Src/jobs.c
index 12e0a16f3..77dbf51c9 100644
--- a/Src/jobs.c
+++ b/Src/jobs.c
@@ -2027,6 +2027,10 @@ bin_kill(char *nam, char **argv, UNUSED(Options ops), UNUSED(int func))
 		    return 1;
 		} else
 		    signame = *argv;
+		if (!*signame) {
+		    zwarnnam(nam, "-: signal name expected");
+		    return 1;
+		}
 		signame = casemodify(signame, CASMOD_UPPER);
 		if (!strncmp(signame, "SIG", 3))
 		    signame+=3;