Killfam(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Killfam(3)NAME
Proc::Killfam - kill a list of pids, and all their sub-children
SYNOPSIS
use Proc::Killfam;
killfam $signal, @pids;
DESCRIPTION
killfam accepts the same arguments as the Perl builtin kill command,
but, additionally, recursively searches the process table for children
and kills them as well.
EXAMPLE
killfam 'TERM', ($pid1, $pid2, @more_pids);
KEYWORDS
kill, signal
perl v5.14.2 2003-05-19 Killfam(3)