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28effed41aSEd Schouten.Dd March 15, 2012
2958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Dt KILLPG 2
30a307d598SRuslan Ermilov.Os
3158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh NAME
3258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Nm killpg
3358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Nd send signal to a process group
3425bb73e0SAlexey Zelkin.Sh LIBRARY
3525bb73e0SAlexey Zelkin.Lb libc
3658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh SYNOPSIS
3732eef9aeSRuslan Ermilov.In sys/types.h
3832eef9aeSRuslan Ermilov.In signal.h
3958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Ft int
4058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn killpg "pid_t pgrp" "int sig"
4158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh DESCRIPTION
421fae73b1SRuslan ErmilovThe
431fae73b1SRuslan Ermilov.Fn killpg
441fae73b1SRuslan Ermilovfunction
4558f0484fSRodney W. Grimessends the signal
4658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fa sig
4758f0484fSRodney W. Grimesto the process group
4858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fa pgrp .
4958f0484fSRodney W. GrimesSee
5058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr sigaction 2
5158f0484fSRodney W. Grimesfor a list of signals.
5258f0484fSRodney W. GrimesIf
5358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fa pgrp
5458f0484fSRodney W. Grimesis 0,
5558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn killpg
5658f0484fSRodney W. Grimessends the signal to the sending process's process group.
5758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Pp
58c9657073SEitan AdlerThe sending process must be able to
59c9657073SEitan Adler.Fn kill
60c9657073SEitan Adlerat least one process in the receiving process group.
6158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh RETURN VALUES
62b1250632SYaroslav Tykhiy.Rv -std killpg
6358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh ERRORS
641fae73b1SRuslan ErmilovThe
651fae73b1SRuslan Ermilov.Fn killpg
661fae73b1SRuslan Ermilovfunction
6758f0484fSRodney W. Grimeswill fail and no signal will be sent if:
6858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Bl -tag -width Er
6958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.It Bq Er EINVAL
702efeeba5SRuslan ErmilovThe
712efeeba5SRuslan Ermilov.Fa sig
722efeeba5SRuslan Ermilovargument
7358f0484fSRodney W. Grimesis not a valid signal number.
7458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.It Bq Er ESRCH
7558f0484fSRodney W. GrimesNo process can be found in the process group specified by
7658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fa pgrp .
7758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.It Bq Er EPERM
78c9657073SEitan Adler.Fn kill
79c9657073SEitan Adlerreturns EPERM for all processes in the process group.
8058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.El
8158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh SEE ALSO
8258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr getpgrp 2 ,
8317960404SWolfram Schneider.Xr kill 2 ,
8458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr sigaction 2
8558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh HISTORY
8658f0484fSRodney W. GrimesThe
87bf5a138eSMike Pritchard.Fn killpg
881fae73b1SRuslan Ermilovfunction appeared in
8958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Bx 4.0 .
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