website: be explicit about grace period in lock command

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Ryan Uber 2015-05-28 12:24:32 -07:00
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@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ The prefix must be writable. The child is invoked only when the lock is held,
and the `CONSUL_LOCK_HELD` environment variable will be set to `true`.
If the lock is lost, communication is disrupted, or the parent process
interrupted, the child process will receive a `SIGTERM`. After a grace period,
a `SIGKILL` will be used to force termination.
For Consul agents on Windows, the child process is always terminated with a
`SIGKILL`, since Windows has no POSIX compatible notion for `SIGTERM`.
interrupted, the child process will receive a `SIGTERM`. After a grace period
of 5 seconds, a `SIGKILL` will be used to force termination. For Consul agents
on Windows, the child process is always terminated with a `SIGKILL`, since
Windows has no POSIX compatible notion for `SIGTERM`.
The list of available flags are: