What signals can your JRE handle ?

java-signals-test.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Get temp dir
tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)

# Generate test
cat > ${tmpdir}/ListenToSignal.java <<EOF
import sun.misc.Signal;
import sun.misc.SignalHandler;
public class ListenToSignal {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            Signal.handle(new Signal(args[0]), new SignalHandler() {
                public void handle(Signal sig) {
                    System.out.println(sig.getName() + ": yes");
                    System.exit(0);
                }
            });
            Thread.sleep(5000L);
            System.out.println(args[0] + ": no");
        } catch (Throwable t) {
            System.out.println(args[0] + ": no (" + t.getMessage() + ")");
        }
        System.exit(1);
    }
}
EOF

# Compile test
javac ${tmpdir}/ListenToSignal.java &>/dev/null

# Get signals, test each one of them
for signal in $(kill -l | grep -Po '(?<=SIG)[^\s]+'); do
  java -cp ${tmpdir} ListenToSignal $signal &  # Start program in background
  sleep 2                                      # Make sure it is ready
  kill -s $signal $! &>/dev/null               # Send signal
  wait                                         # Wait to termination
done

results1.log

$ cat /etc/issue
Arch Linux \r (\l)

$ uname -a
Linux storm 3.5.4-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Sep 15 08:12:04 CEST 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ java -version
java version "1.7.0_07"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_07-b10)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.3-b01, mixed mode)

$ ./java-signals-test.sh
HUP: yes
INT: no
QUIT: no (Signal already used by VM or OS: SIGQUIT)
ILL: no (Signal already used by VM or OS: SIGILL)
TRAP: yes
ABRT: yes
BUS: yes
FPE: no (Signal already used by VM or OS: SIGFPE)
KILL: no (Signal already used by VM or OS: SIGKILL)
USR1: no (Signal already used by VM or OS: SIGUSR1)
SEGV: no (Signal already used by VM or OS: SIGSEGV)
USR2: yes
PIPE: yes
ALRM: yes
TERM: yes
STKFLT: yes
CHLD: yes
CONT: yes
STOP: no (Signal already used by VM or OS: SIGSTOP)
TSTP: yes
TTIN: yes
TTOU: yes
URG: yes
XCPU: yes
XFSZ: yes
VTALRM: yes
PROF: yes
WINCH: yes
IO: yes
PWR: yes
SYS: yes
RTMIN: no (Unknown signal: RTMIN)
RTMIN+1: no (Unknown signal: RTMIN+1)
RTMIN+2: no (Unknown signal: RTMIN+2)
RTMIN+3: no (Unknown signal: RTMIN+3)
RTMIN+4: no (Unknown signal: RTMIN+4)
RTMIN+5: no (Unknown signal: RTMIN+5)
RTMIN+6: no (Unknown signal: RTMIN+6)
RTMIN+7: no (Unknown signal: RTMIN+7)
RTMIN+8: no (Unknown signal: RTMIN+8)
RTMIN+9: no (Unknown signal: RTMIN+9)
RTMIN+10: no (Unknown signal: RTMIN+10)
RTMIN+11: no (Unknown signal: RTMIN+11)
RTMIN+12: no (Unknown signal: RTMIN+12)
RTMIN+13: no (Unknown signal: RTMIN+13)
RTMIN+14: no (Unknown signal: RTMIN+14)
RTMIN+15: no (Unknown signal: RTMIN+15)
RTMAX-14: no (Unknown signal: RTMAX-14)
RTMAX-13: no (Unknown signal: RTMAX-13)
RTMAX-12: no (Unknown signal: RTMAX-12)
RTMAX-11: no (Unknown signal: RTMAX-11)
RTMAX-10: no (Unknown signal: RTMAX-10)
RTMAX-9: no (Unknown signal: RTMAX-9)
RTMAX-8: no (Unknown signal: RTMAX-8)
RTMAX-7: no (Unknown signal: RTMAX-7)
RTMAX-6: no (Unknown signal: RTMAX-6)
RTMAX-5: no (Unknown signal: RTMAX-5)
RTMAX-4: no (Unknown signal: RTMAX-4)
RTMAX-3: no (Unknown signal: RTMAX-3)
RTMAX-2: no (Unknown signal: RTMAX-2)
RTMAX-1: no (Unknown signal: RTMAX-1)
RTMAX: no (Unknown signal: RTMAX)