Digital UNIX Diffs - kill(5) Digital UNIX Diffs - kill(5)NAMEkill - Sends a signal to a process or to a group of processes
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <signal.h>
int kill(
pid_t process,
int signal );
PARAMETERS
Specifies the process or group of processes. Specifies the signal. If
the signal parameter is a value of 0 (the null signal), error checking
is performed but no signal is sent. This can be used to check the
validity of the process parameter.
DIFFERENCESvms-process(5): OpenVMS Process Model Differences
kill(2) on OpenVMS will send a signal to a specific process. On UNIX
kill(2) can send a signal to a specific process, to all process on the
system with the same group ID, to all processes on the system (provided
you are root), or to all processes in with a specific group ID. UNIX
also supports testing the validity of the process parameter without
actually sending a signal. This is done by setting the signal parameā
ter to 0.
RELATED INFORMATION
Functions: kill(2)CATEGORY INDEXvms-process(5)
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Digital UNIX Diffs - kill(5)