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33 .Nd send signal to a process
44 system call sends the signal given by
49 process or a group of processes.
53 may be one of the signals specified in
57 signal is actually sent.
58 This can be used to check the validity of
61 For a process to have permission to send a signal to a process designated
64 the user must be the super-user, or
65 the real or saved user ID of the receiving process must match
66 the real or effective user ID of the sending process.
67 A single exception is the signal SIGCONT, which may always be sent
72 is set to 1, the user is not a super-user, and
73 the receiver is set-uid, then
77 .Bl -tag -width Ds
81 signal
87 signal
89 to the process group ID of the sender, and for which the
91 this is a variant of
93 .It \&If Fa pid No \&is -1 :
94 If the user has super-user privileges,
95 the signal is sent to all processes excluding
103 and the process sending the signal.
104 If the user is not the super user, the signal is sent to all processes
105 which the caller has permissions to, excluding the process sending the signal.
109 If the process number is negative but not -1,
110 the signal is sent to all processes whose process group ID
111 is equal to the absolute value of the process number.
112 This is a variant of
115 .Rv -std kill
120 will fail and no signal will be sent if:
121 .Bl -tag -width Er
126 is not a valid signal number.
147 .St -p1003.1-90 .
149 A version of the
153 The signal number was added to the