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    @nohup. answer extended, but essentially, "yes; it handled the kill -15 you'd already sent". Commented Jul 27, 2016 at 14:45
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    @nohup yes, as per the documentation: « While a process is stopped, no more signals can be delivered to it until it is continued ... The signals are marked as pending, but not delivered until the process is continued. » Commented Jul 27, 2016 at 14:56
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    See also SIGTTIN and SIGTTOU that also stop processes Commented Jul 27, 2016 at 15:13
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    @StéphaneChazelas good point. I've added mention of these but otherwise ignored them. Please feel free to edit as you see fit. Commented Jul 27, 2016 at 16:30
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    @coteyr. I disagree: SIGKILL prevents an app from cleaning up, so using SIGTERM is preferable in many (most) cases. Commented Jul 28, 2016 at 13:16